A Hellenistic slab representing a maenad or worshipper of Dionysus in a frenzied state tearing a roe to pieces. Her delicate slim body, apparent under the thin veil which leaves one breast and arm bare, tiptoes gently in a whirl of cloth. Yet she is engaged in ferocious action. She symbolizes the restrained, rational Apollonian attitude together with its antithesis, the emotional, irrational Dionysian (see also: Hermes with the Infant Dionysus).