Ivory Pyx with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Made in possibly Syria, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 3 3/16 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.1 x 12.4 x 11.4 cm), Ivories, Dionysos, a son of Zeus, rides in his chariot overseeing his conquest of India as described by the fifth-century Egyptian poet Nonnos of Panopolis: 'Lord Bacchus [Dionysos] spoke…Indian slaying servants of invincible Dionysos! Bind them all fast unresisting, the sons of the Indians, take them all prisoners in bloodless conflict
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Ivory Pyx, Triumph, Dionysos, India, mid-500s, Syria, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall, 3 3/16 x 4 7/8 1/2, 8.1 12.4 11.4 cm, Ivories, son, Zeus, rides, chariot overseeing, conquest, described, fifth-century Egyptian poet, Nonnos, Panopolis, Lord Bacchus, spoke…Indian, slaying, servants, invincible Dionysos!, Bind, fast unresisting, sons, Indians, take, prisoners, bloodless conflict
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