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Z1.7 ANTIOPE & THE SATYR

Antiope & Satyr | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Zeugma
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Zeus (Roman Jupiter) seduces the Theban princess Antiope in the guise of a Satyr. The rustic figure is depicted as a man with the ears of an ass, wearing an animal-skin cloak and skirt, and crowned with a wreath of reeds. The figures are both labelled in Greek.

ARTICLES

Antiope, Zeus, Satyrs