Z36.3 RIVER-GOD EUROTAS & LACEDAEMONIA
| Museum Collection | Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Antakya 826 |
| Type | Mosaic |
| Context | Antioch |
| Date | C4th A.D. |
| Period | Late Roman |
DESCRIPTION
This mosaic portrait depicts the Spartan river-god Eurotas and his wife Lacedaemonia. The god wears a grey-blue robe and is crowned with a wreath of reeds. Lacedaemonia, the eponymous goddess of the land of the Spartans, wears an earthen-red robe and a cloak of gold--probably symbolising the earth and fields of ripened grain.