Z29.1 OPORA, AGROS & OINOS

Museum Collection: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Catalogue No.: Baltimore 1937.127
Type: Mosaic
Context: Daphne near Antioch, House of the Boat of the Psyches
Date: C3rd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Three obscure divine personifications sit in symposium: Opora (the Ripe Fruit of Late Summer), Agros (the Fields), and Oinos (the Wine). The lady of late summer holds a basket of ripe fruit, and Agros and Oinos each hold wine cups.

 
 
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