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Z44.1 BELLEROPHON, PEGASUS & CHIMERA

Bellerophon, Pegasus & Chimera | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Ruins of Palmyra, near Tadmur
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Palmyra
Date ca 260 A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The hero Bellerophon, riding on the back of the winged horse Pegasus, spears the Chimera. The beast is depicted a sa lion with a serpent for a tail and a goat's head rising from the middle of its back. The hero is dressed in a Persian body-suit and the hooves of his flying steed drip with water--in myth, Pegasus' hoof-prints formed springs.

ARTICLES

Bellerophon, Pegasus, Chimera