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Talking Dionysian Mystery Cults | Peter Mark Adams

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The Villa of the Mysteries

I was under the impression that she was depicted elsewhere in the villa, not elsewhere in the kind of like macro-dionizing world. One of the doubts I had in my mind is that while the postural and gestural repertoire is easily traceable to other places, the faces of the women look like they are real people. And my guess is that this rich family spends so much money on this testament to their Dionysian chiosos or organization. They had themselves placed into the fresco cycle. Now there's no way on earth to prove this Gordon, but those faces are the faces of real people.

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