This detail of a large mosaic in the House of Aion depicts the (second) birth of Dionysus after Hermes (Mercury) had sewed the six month premature baby into the thigh of Zeus his father for the remaining three months.
This detail of a large mosaic in the House of Aion depicts the (second) birth of Dionysus after Hermes (Mercury) had sewed the six month premature baby into the thigh of Zeus his father for the remaining three months.