The Famous Theater Masks of Ostia. Green Men originated
from theater as well, hence, showing similarities (LINK:
Myra)
Oceanus with green leaves
Nymphs
with their beasts
I found Ostia very lovely, although very few Green Men
could be spotted there. My last chance was the museum
Magna
Mater Kybele
Her Son/Lover Attis, one of the early precursors of the
Green Men
Dionysian impressions
And there they were. Several Green Men on sarcophages.
Their position on top means that they ware considered very high in the hierarchy. As
symbols of "death and rebirth" they were the mediators in the transition to
afterlife
Nymphs
The
God Pan
The fact that Pan has foliage coming out of his mouth
(right) proves that Green Men had their roots in trhe Dionysian tradition. In its turn it
originates in the old Vegetation Gods. This important lineage is unbroken
Satyr
in the Green
Tree
of Life with pomgranades, symbol of fertility
