Fragment with an Armed Dancer
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Later Greek writers, such as Nonnos of Panopolis, who flourished in Egypt in the fifth century AD, linked the god Dionysos with Pyrrhic dancers, like the one seen here. In a Pyrrhic dance, a dance of war or victory, armed boys and men performed a series of offensive and defensive movements to music. The leaf shape framing the dancer is a common decorative motif in early Byzantine textiles.
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