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Title
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Sileno adornado de pampanos, es presentado a Midas, quien lo entrega a Baco
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Description
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Silenus, one of Bacchus’ companions, had one day gone missing. He had found himself captured by Phrygian men while he was stumbling around in a drunken stupor, and they brought him to King Midas. King Midas recognized Silenus as they were once old friends who had learned Bacchic rites together. After enjoying each other’s company for eleven days and nights, King Midas returns Silenus to Bacchus. Midas is depicted wearing a crown in the image to demonstrate his status as a king. He is holding on to Silenus who is wearing a crown of flowers and branches which also is draped around his body. The god Bacchus is depicted on the right side of the image wearing a laurel wreath and holding a lyre in his left hand and holding his right hand out to take Silenus back.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25109
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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Subject
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Bacchus
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King Midas
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Silenus
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Mythology
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Gods
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