ABSTRACT
DIONYSUS IN THE ROYAL TOMBS In 1977 the Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronicos began unearthing three ancient tombs at Vergina in Macedonia, two of which had miraculously escaped pillage.1 When Andronicos removed the keystone from the vault at the back end of Tomb II, he gazed upon a repository of magnificent artifacts in situ from over 2,300 years ago. His discovery confirmed the suspicion of N.G.L.Hammond that Vergina was once Aegae, the ancestral capital city of Macedonia and the traditional burial ground for its rulers.2
