3526126 Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos"), 27 BC??8 AD (marble) by Roman Imperial Period (27 BC-476 AD); 210.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Roman adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th century B.C. restored in 18th century by Vincenzo Pacetti Dionysos, god of wine and divine intoxication, wears a panther skin over his short chiton and his high sandals with animal heads on the overhanging skin flaps. The female figure may have been added to support the outstretched arm and may represent Spes, a Roman personification of Hope, who was commonly shown as an archaistic maiden.); out of copyright.