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Z32.3 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE

Ganymedes & Eagle | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Roman Museum, Rome
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context -
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The youth Ganymedes is carried off by the eagle of Zeus or Zeus himself in the guise of an eagle. The Trojan prince wears a peaked Phrygian cap and holds a shepherd's crock in his hand.

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Eagle of Zeus