Editing Dirce (section)

==In Roman culture==
[[File:Farnese Bull MAN Napoli Inv6002 n07.jpg|thumb|right|The Farnese Bull]]

The death of Dirce is depicted in a marble statue known as the [[Farnese Bull]], which is now in the collections of the [[Naples National Archaeological Museum|National Archaeological Museum]] in [[Naples]]. The colossal piece, a first-century-AD Roman copy of a second-century-BC [[Hellenistic]] Greek original, was first excavated in the 16th century in the [[Baths of Caracalla]]. Some scholars identify it with the statue group mentioned in Pliny's ''Natural History'', but this is disputed.

[[File:Siemiradzki Christian Dirce.jpg|thumb|''A Christian Dirce'', by [[Henryk Siemiradzki]].]]
This scene was recreated in spectacles in the Roman arena.