Etruscan Lamp Depicts Greek God Dionysus, New Study Finds

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Etruscan Lamp Depicts Greek God Dionysus, New Study Finds

Etruscan bronze oil lamp depicts Greek god Dionysus, new study claims. Credit: CharlesFred. CC BY 2.0/Flickr A bronze hanging oil lamp found in a ditch near the town of Cortona, central Italy, is far older than previously thought and depicts the Greek god Dionysus, a new paper published in De Gruyter’s Etruscan and Italic Studies argues. The lamp was recovered together with a damaged and inscribed bronze plaque, in 1840, but the dating of the ob…