Z10.6 THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE

Museum Collection: Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: --
Date: --
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Aphrodite stands naked on a cockle shell in the sea following her birth, attended by the twin winged love gods Eros and Himeros. Other Erotes fish in the sea.

ARTICLESAphrodite, Erotes

 
 
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