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ROMAN MOSAIC: ZEUS AS AN EAGLE ABOUT TO ABDUCT GANYMEDE

The eagle, with spread wings, grasps the nearly nude Trojan prince, who holds the god’s spear, from off a rocky outcrop.

Ex English private collection, acquired in the 1960s.

North Africa, 2nd Century AD

H. & W. 31 1/8 in. (79 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 37
GMG05
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