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Fragment of a marble relief with dancing maenads

Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos
1st–2nd century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156
Adaptation of a Greek relief of about 425–400 B.C. attributed to Kallimachos

In myth and art the wine god, Dionysos, is accompanied by dancing women known as maenads. The most famous description of them comes from The Bacchae, a play by Euripides produced in Athens in the late fifth century B.C. The most famous representations are from a relief of dancing maenads carved at the same time. This small relief is a reduced copy dating from the Roman period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fragment of a marble relief with dancing maenads
  • Artist: Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos
  • Period: Imperial
  • Date: 1st–2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Marble, Pentelic
  • Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm.); width 17 1/4 in. (43.8); depth 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.88.12
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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