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Z2.9 THE CHARIOT OF POSEIDON

Chariot of Poseidon-Neptune | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Ostia Antica, Rome
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Ostia, Baths of Neptune
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Poseidon (Roman Neptune) drives a chariot drawn by a pair of Hippocamps (fish-tailed horses). He holds a trident in his hand and wears a billowing cloak. The god is surrounded by a variety of mythic and mundane sea creatures including fish-tailed horse, panther, bull, goat and ram. Triton, depicted as an Ichthyocentaur or marine centaur, blows a conch-shell trumpet. In the lower left-hand corner Pygmies battle cranes.

ARTICLES

Poseidon, Triton, Hippocamps, Pygmies