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Z43.1B WOUNDED GIGANTE

Wounded Gigante | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Villa Romana del Casale (in situ), Piazza Amerina
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Villa Romana del Casale
Date ca 320 A.D.
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

Detail of a wounded Gigante from a mosaic depicting a scene from the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants). The giant stumbles to his knees with an arrow protruding from his chest. He is depicted with human feet instead of the serpentine coils of his brothers.

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