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Z31.3 EROS & PSYCHAE

Eros & Psychae | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 846
Type Mosaic
Context Daphne near Antioch, House of the Boat of Psyches
Date C3rd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The god Eros (Love) drives a chariot across the sea drawn by a pair of butterfly-winged Psychae (Souls). The pair are perhaps the god's wife Psyche and daughter Hedone.

ARTICLES

Eros, Psyche, Hedone