A MOTIF OF PARROTS IN DIONYSIAN CONTEXTS ON SELECTED EXAMPLES OF HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN MOSAICS.

This paper provides an overview of the mosaics in which parrots are represented as a motive accompanying Dionysian themes. Based on the written and iconographic sources, the author argues that a parrot was an intrinsic element of the visual language conveying ideas of earthly happiness and eternal bliss, as well as the Hellenistic concept of tryphé. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]