File:Lion from a funerary monument in Kerameikos (4th cent. B.C.) at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens on 7 May 2018.jpg

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English: Lion from a funerary monument. Pentelic marble. Found in the ancient cemetery of Kerameikos, Athens. This and the lion inv. no. 804 probably came from the funerary enclosure of Dionysius, of the deme of Kollytos, and cousin of the orator Hypereides. The two animals, originally placed at the edges of the enclosure, are shown facing in opposite directions and defending their prey, the head of a bull that can be seen beneath their paws. Lions, like the bull that crowned the central naiskos in Kerameikos enclosure, are associated with the cult of Dionysus and therefore with the name of the deceased, Dionysius. 325-300 B.C. Text: Museum inscription.
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