This depiction of Roman adaptation seems almost contemplative as opposed to the documented frenzied Dionysian sexual revels of the Greek Maenads, the Dionysus cult women that tended to the vineyards, harvesting the grapes and prepared the wine. The drunken promiscuous revels resulted in abandoning husbands and children and the social order to such an extent that in locations they became prohibited.
Had some lengthy discussions with a female Jungian therapist about Greek cult. We postulated that there now exists a maenad nation within our culture that is now a perpetual one removed from the seaonal harvest/wine revels of the past... ;>)
Roman copies of Greek original art pieces were always a little stiff. By the way, so were the Indian copies of the Chinese originals when you look at the Buddhas. I was noticing that some of the restorations are just not up to the quality of the originals. And I’ve been looking at so many images I’m wondering if they’re tracing the original artists painting in different homes.