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Z32.1 GANYMEDES & THE EAGLE

Ganymedes & Eagle | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Sousse Archaeological Museum, Sousse
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Hadrumetum
Date -
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

Ganymedes is seized by the eagle of Zeus (Roman Jupiter) or the god himself in the guise of an eagle. The youth wears a peaked Phrygian cap and a red cloak, and holds a shepherd's crock in his hand.

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Eagle of Zeus