Roman fresco showing Dionysus (Bacchus) and Maenad (Bacchae), the companion of the god of wine. Also visible in the scene is a young Satyr and Silenus with a zither. Wine is poured from a vessel (rython) which is licked off by the panther. Object dated to the mid-1st century CE; discovered in Pompeii. The artefact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
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