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Z32.4 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE

Ganymedes & Eagle | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 10568
Type Mosaic
Context Antioch
Date C4th A.D.
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

The young hunter Ganymedes is seized by the eagle of Zeus or Zeus himself in the guise of an eagle. A rustic holding a shepherd's crock stands on the left and a woman is seated to the left. The woman is perhaps the goddess Aphrodite and the shrub sprouting behind her a myrtle.

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Eagle of Zeus