Z50.7C THEROS SUMMER

Museum Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Catalogue Number: Richmond 51.13
Type: Floor Mosaic
Context: Antioch, House of the Drinking Contest
Date: C2nd - C3rd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Theros (summer personified) holds a sheaf of ripened wheat and a harvest knife in his hands. He is perhaps an aspect of Notos, the winged god of the south wind.

ARTICLES

Notos