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MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Fragment of a wallpainting: God with flowers and two nymphs End of the 1st century CE; Pompeii, house of the Vestales H.: 0,92m; W.: 1,78m CC 70
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Fragment of a wallpainting: God with flowers and two nymphs End of the 1st ce...

Theseus and Minotaur Roman mosaic
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Theseus and Minotaur Roman mosaic

Achilles returning Briseis to Agamemnon Detail of a fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii; 1st BCE
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Achilles returning Briseis to Agamemnon Detail of a fresco from the House of th...

Ulysses and the Sirens: the Greek hero Ulysses, sailing by the rock of the Sirens. He is standing on the deck with his hands tied to the mast to prevent himself from succumbing to temptation. (detail) Mosaic from the pavement of the impluvium at the house of Dionysos and Ulysses, south of the Thugga forum, Tunisia; 3rd century CE Inv. 2884 A Detail of 11-01-03/13 and 03-05-01/68
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Ulysses and the Sirens: the Greek hero Ulysses, sailing by the rock of the Siren...

The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The staring face in the centre represents Oceanus, with dolphins in his hair and a beard formed of seaweed fronds. The inner circle, bordered by scallop shells, consists of sea-nymphs riding mythical marine creatures, a sea-horse, a triton, a sea-stag and a ketos, a dragon-like sea-monster. The wide outer frieze features Bacchus himself, holding a bunch of grapes and a thyrsus (a staff tipped with a pine-cone) and resting a foot on his panther. He presides over a celebration of music, dancing and drinking in his honour. The participants include the hero Hercules, overcome by the consumption of wine, the goat-legged god Pan, and various satyrs and Maenads (female devotees of Bacchus). This is the most famous object in the Mildenhall treasure, usually known as the 'Great Dish', or as the 'Neptune' or 'Oceanus Dish'. P&EE, 1946 10-7 1
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The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The sta...

Flanged silver bowl and cover from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 3rd-4th century. It has a dropped horizontal rim and niello decoration. It has a border of Bacchic ornament in relief. The small statuette of a triton which forms a knob may not have been part of the lid's original design. It was not designed to have a lid. The deep domed cover was made later, some time in the fourth century, either for another bowl, or perhaps specifically to fit this one. This bowl is the earliest vessel in the Mildenhall treasure, made in Gaul in the third century. P&EE, 1946 10-7 11;P&EE, 1946 10-7 12
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Flanged silver bowl and cover from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 3rd-4...

Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century AD. The decoration on the flat rims shows a variety of animals in hunting and pastoral scenes, themes which fall into the general category of Bacchic imagery. The inclusion of griffins, a mythical species, alongside real animals, is a common feature. The central medallion on this bowl shows a huntsman confronting a bear. Bowls of this shape were popular in late Roman table services. P&EE, 1946 10-7 5
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Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century AD....

Gold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods which fit into slotted fixings. These fill the interior leaving little space for the safe storage of a relic, a function which has been suggested for such hollow, high-status buckles. The surface of the buckle and the tongue plate are decorated with writhing snakes and intertwining four legged beasts. Their bodies are highlighted with punched ornament filled with black niello. At the toe of the buckle, two animals gently hold a tiny dog-like creature in their gaping jaws. On the shoulders are two birds' heads with cruel, curving beaks (perhaps a reference to Odin, a god from Norse mythology). The metal and decoration of these buckles reflected the wealth and status of their owners. M&ME, 1939,10-10,1
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Gold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century....

Attic red-figured oenochoe showing Amazon women; end of the 5th century BCE.
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Attic red-figured oenochoe showing Amazon women; end of the 5th century BCE.

Attic red-figured krater with scene of the killing of Leukippos, the lover of Daphne; 5th century BCE.
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Attic red-figured krater with scene of the killing of Leukippos, the lover of Da...

Attic red-figured krater with depiction of the battle of Giants against Gods; 5th century BCE.
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Attic red-figured krater with depiction of the battle of Giants against Gods; 5t...

Attic red-figured krater showing Orestes and Iphigenia at the temple of Artemis; 4th century BCE.
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Attic red-figured krater showing Orestes and Iphigenia at the temple of Artemis;...