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S32.1 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE

Ganymedes & Eagle | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Catalogue No. -
Title Ganymedes with the Eagle
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 1.60 metres
Context From Rome
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue
Style -
Date C2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The youth Ganymedes stands with an arm resting on the shoulder of the eagle of Zeus. He wears a chlamys cloak and holds a shepherd's crock in his hand.

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Eagle of Zeus