Z32.4 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE
Museum Collection | Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya |
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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.