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.] the Greeks, being endeared to the hearts of the rural populace by long habit and association; and they are frequently to be met with in sculptures and paintings, even during the latest period, side by side with the more refined productions of subsequent generations.



The first considerable change in the figure of Dionysus seems to have been due to foreign influence. The face, as it now appears, is still that of a bearded man, but more effeminate