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The Greek God Dionysus.

"In his left hand the god holds with indifference a lionsksin, the symbol of death, and a bunch of grapes, the symbol of life, from which a Faun is feeding. Thus we are brought to realize, in a sudden way, what significance this miracle of pure sensuality has for man: living only for a short while he will find himself in the position of the faun, caught in the grasp of death, the lionskin."

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Michelangelo. Bacchus. 1496-1497. Marble. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy Image also available at: http://www.holycross.edu/departments/classics/jhamilton/mythology/dionysus/

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