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Z20.3 PORTRAITS OF THE NINE MUSES

Portraits of the Muses | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Augusta Treverorum
Date C3rd - 4th A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The nine panels of this mosaic are decorated with portraits of the Muses. The nine goddesses are Thalia with a shepherd's crock and comic mask, Terpischore with a cithara, Clio with a scroll tube, Calliope with a scroll, Polyhymnia, Erato with a lyre, Urania with a globe, Melpomene and Euterpe.

ARTICLES

Muses, Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania