Dionysus-Plato

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This enigmatic portrait of Plato, confirmed by the inscription on its pedestal and the distinctive facial features, represents a contemporary interpretation of an ancient masterpiece known as 'Dionysus-Plato', a Hellenistic bronze unearthed in Herculaneum.\r\nElite figures were rarely portrayed as deities, but philosophers of that era even less so. This artwork, showing Plato with flowing locks, seamlessly combines the philosopher and Dionysus, the patron deity of wine.