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Detail of fresco in Room 5. Silenus holds a reflective bowl for the young man to see his reflection. But instead of his reflection he sees the mask held behind Silenus's back. A drunken Dionysus sprawls
across a chair on the right.
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Keywords: ancient Rome, iconography, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Villa dei Misteri, ritual, Laura Maish, Bill Storage