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Z2.2 THE CHARIOT OF POSEIDON

Chariot of Poseidon-Neptune | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Zeugma
Date C1st - 2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Poseidon (Roman Neptune) drives a chariot across the sea drawn by a pair of Hippocamps (fish-tailed horses). The god holds a trident in his hand. Before him, the elderly marine-deities Oceanus and Tethys sit wrapped in the coils of a sea-serpent.

ARTICLES

Poseidon, Hippocamps, Oceanus, Tethys

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Oceanus & Tethys

Z35.3 Oceanus