Z45.8 PASIPHAE, DAIDALOS & THE WOODEN COW

Museum Collection:  Gaziantep Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey
Catalogue No. TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: Zeugma
Date: --
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Queen Pasiphae seated on a throne attended by a maiden and old Trophos (her nurse?) receives the wooden cow from the artisan Daidalos. Eros, the winged god of love, plays with the head of the crafted beast beneath her throne.

ARTICLESPasiphae, Eros

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