The below illustration is a portion of a 4th century CE (A.D.) mosaic from New Paphos, Cyprus showing the god Dionysus as the "divine child" _with a HALO about his head_ being presented by Hermes (who has wings on his head and feet) to the Nymphs for safe-keeping and a bath which is being poured from a vase into a tub. Note the bluish HALO worn by the blonde nymph Begonia to the viewer's right. In Greek Orphic myths the infant was born of an earthly mother, Semele, and of Zeus, who intended to make him a ruler of the earth. Hera, seeking the child's life, was successful in getting the 12 Titans to murder the child and then eat him. Zeus in revenge, vaporized the Titans and from their ashes made mankind.  Thus man has the divine "good" of a god in him (Dionysus) and evil flesh or body (of the Titans). The presentation of the Christ child by Mary in later Christian art parallels somewhat this rendering of Dionysus as the "divine child" born of a heavenly father and earthly woman. (For the below photo, cf. figure 3. p. 193. Lawrence Becker & Christine Kondoleon. The Arts of Antioch: Art Historical and Scientific Approaches to Roman Mosaics and a Catalogue of the Worcester Art Museum Antioch Collection. Worcester, Massachusetts. The Worcester Art Museum. 2005. ISBN 0-691-12232-6)
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Below, a closeup of the above scene (cf. Plate 1 opposite p. 152. Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy. The Jesus Mysteries. New York. Three Rivers Press. 1999. ISBN 0-609-80798-6)
Below, a Roman mosaic from Antioch, Syria circa 350-400 CE (about the same time period as the above New Paphos mosaic), showing Hermes carrying the naked Dionysus as a child with a halo, above the scene in Greek is the word DION... for Dionysus. (for the below photo cf. figure 1, p. 191. "Mosaic of Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysos." Lawrence Becker & Christine Kondoleon. The Arts of Antioch: Art Historical and Scientific Approaches to Roman Mosaics and a Catalogue of the Worcester Art Museum Antioch Collection. Worcester, Massachusetts. The Worcester Art Museum. 2005. ISBN 
0-691-12232-6)
Below, a closeup of Dionysus with a halo from the above mosaic found at Antioch.The imagery recalls to mind the Christ child being carried by Saint Christopher in various Christian Catholic art forms (cf. End Page by the Title page. Lawrence Becker & Christine Kondoleon. The Arts of Antioch: Art Historical and Scientific Approaches to Roman Mosaics and a Catalogue of the Worcester Art Museum Antioch Collection. Worcester, Massachusetts. The Worcester Art Museum. 2005. ISBN 0-691-12232-6)