Pointing out a third-century onyx, gold, enamel and pearl cameo, "Dionysus and Ariadne on Naxos, " Ms. Leopardi says it was most likely transformed into a hat pin or pendant in the 1500s after a gold mount was added.

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Sure, Grendel has an anger management problem, but then he is stuck with appallingly noisy neighbors, egged on by a beer-bellied Dionysus, King Hrothgar, the demon's own dad (Anthony Hopkins, whose paunch is one 3-D effect too many).

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