MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Papposilenos Playing the Double Flute - Walters 541076.jpg Papposilenus was an aged semi-bestial companion of Dionysus He is playing a double flute restored Both silens and satyrs were often depicted with this exotic instrument of ...
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Keywords: Greek - Papposilenos Playing the Double Flute - Walters 541076.jpg Papposilenus was an aged semi-bestial companion of Dionysus He is playing a double flute restored Both silens and satyrs were often depicted with this exotic instrument of Asian origin According to Aristotle the lyre calmed the emotions but the flute excited them as can be seen by the figure's lively and twisting pose century 3 2 BC Hellenistic solid cast bronze cm 11 5 5 5 3 accession number 54 1076 26392 Madame E Warneck Collection Sale Paris Hôtel Drouot 1905 no 90 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin south Locri Epizefiri present-day Calabria Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Papposilenus Auloi
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