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Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains'Against a bright red background, there are numerous figures ... in their hands and slaughtered goats on their shoulders. The fresco also depicts young satyrs, part-goat and part-human creatures ...
The background was a blue sky covered in stars and birds, giving the impression of a tent erected out in the open. In the ...
The fresco was over 100 years old when the eruption ... The painted scenes atop a red background show maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, as dancers and hunters with slaughtered goat ...
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