S32.2 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE

Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Catalogue Number: TBA
Title: "Ganymedes with the Eagle "
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: --
Context: --
Original / Copy: --
Style: --
Date: --
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

The youth Ganymedes holding a staff and wearing a Phrygian cap, rests an arm across the back of the eagle of Zeus.

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Aetos Dios

 
 
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