Z47.9 PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA

Museum Collection: Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: --
Date: C3rd AD
Period: Late Roman

SUMMARY

Perseus rescues Andromeda from the rocks. The hero holds a sword and the serpent-haired head of Medousa in his hand. Below the pair is a lobster-horned sea-god, probably Pontos or Okeanos, the sea personified.

ARTICLESPerseus, Ketos Aithiopios, Medousa, Pontos, Okeanos