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A rider in a procession. From a box-tomb of the mid-4th BCE, from Paestum (See 10-04-03/2) Inv.9364
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A rider in a procession. From a box-tomb of the m...

"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic from Pompeii. To warn off intruders, such mosaics showing fierce dogs were fairly common in Pompeii. Inv.110660
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"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic from Pompeii. To warn of...

Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabitants. From the House of the Centenary, Pompeii. Inv.112284
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Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabi...

Panther with dionysiac symbols. From Pompeii
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Panther with dionysiac symbols. From Pompeii

Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.
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Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a level as a sign that all are made level by death. From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2 Inv.109982
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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...

Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves and theatrical masks. From the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2
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Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves an...

Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details see 11-01-03/25,26. Inv.9900
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Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details...

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of Emtrea (4th BCE).Alexander is the bareheaded man (left) Dareios on his chariot (right).Scene could be Issos or Gaugamela.House of the Faun,Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv.10020
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Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a pain...

Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble. From Pompeii.
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Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble. From Pompeii.

Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia. Detail:Telephos nursed by a doe. From the Basilica in Herculaneum,Italy. Inv. 9008
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Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia. Detail:Telephos nursed b...

Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes, teaches Achilles to play the lyre. From the Basilica at Herculaneum. Inv.9109
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Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes, teaches Achilles to play...