Icarius Transports Wine, Commonwealth Day Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Icarius Transports Wine, Commonwealth Day Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Description
The mosaics of the "House of Dionysos" in Paphos, whence this detail depicting Icarius and the drinkers comes from, are incredible to behold and date back to the early 3rd century A.D. when Paphos under the Romans was the capital of Cyprus. According to legend although Oeneus was the first mortal to be given a vine plant by Dionysus, Icarius anticipated Oeneus in the making of wine. Icarius offered a sample of wine from his trial jarful to a party of shepherds in the Marathonian woods, who, failing to mix it with water, grew so drunk that they saw everything double and believing themselves bewitched, killed Icarius. (Extract from: The Greek Myths Vol. I p. 245)
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: A. Tassos
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
TIFF
Language
EL, EN
Type
Identifier
1983-COMMONWEALTH-125M
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
Aspioti Elka, Athens
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Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Icarius Transports Wine, Commonwealth Day Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus ,” Αψίδα, accessed November 5, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/12959.