Images of Dionysos from 430 BC onwards
Year: 2015

The visual arts did not provide the only means through which in Classical Athens images of Dionysos were communicated to the public: the appearance of the god on the stage must have been equally effective-perhaps even more so. In order to produce the desired effect, Dionysos must have appeared in a way that was instantly recognizable and at least partly appealed to the audience's familiar mental picture. In short, his appearance must have been in accordance with the iconography we know. On the o