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The Goddess Hekate, with buckler and torch, fights a Giant. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Goddess Hekate, with buckler and torch, fights a Giant. Zeus Altar of Pergam...

Goddess Hekate battling the Giants with torch and buckler. A giant serpent attacks her shield. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Goddess Hekate battling the Giants with torch and buckler....

Unmoved by the noise of the battle, Selene, the Moon Goddess, rides by on her mule. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Unmoved by the noise of the battle, Selene, the Moon Goddess, rides by on her mu...

A bearded, bull-necked Giant attacks a god who supports himself on one knee for better balance as he pushes his lance into the Giants side. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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A bearded, bull-necked Giant attacks a god who supports himself on one knee for...

An unidentified deiety strangles a monstrous Giant with a lion's head and paws, and with serpents for legs. These attributes characterized the Giants as a brute Barbarian force. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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An unidentified deiety strangles a monstrous Giant with a lion's head...

The Lion-goddess fighting a Giant. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Lion-goddess fighting a Giant. Zeus Altar of Pergamon e...

The Lion-goddess during the battle between the Gods and the Giants. Zeus Altar of Pergamons erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Lion-goddess during the battle between the Gods and the...

Auge, who was raped by Herakles and bore him Telephos, watches preparations for her son to be exposed in the mountains. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Auge, who was raped by Herakles and bore him Telephos, watches pr...

Theuthras, Auge's husband, descends to the beach to greet Telephos. From the narrow frieze of the Zeus Altar of Pergamon, which illustrates the local Telephos myth. The altar was erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Theuthras, Auge's husband, descends to the beach to greet Telephos....

Telephos and his companions in Mysia. From the narrow frieze of the Zeus Altar of Pergamon which illustrates the local Telephos myth. The altar was erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Telephos and his companions in Mysia. From the narrow frieze o...

The gate to the South Agora (market) of Miletos. This important settlement in Ionia had four harbours and a huge, colonnaded marketplace which dates from Hellenistic times. Shops were set up in pairs back to back.
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The gate to the South Agora (market) of Miletos. This important settlemen...

The Ishtar Gate, the main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). Glazed tiles with mythical animals, bulls and griffins. The gate was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, a mother- and love goddess related to Astarte and Tanit.
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The Ishtar Gate, the main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebu...