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Offering a bull for sacrifice
Fresco from Pompeii; 1st century CE
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Offering a bull for sacrifice Fresco from Pompeii; 1st century CE

Orpheus mosaic,Orpheus plays to the animals.
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Orpheus mosaic,Orpheus plays to the animals.

The Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the     
Villa del Casale,Piazza Armerina,Sicily,Italy.         
(3rd-4th CE).Ostriches and gazelles are carried up     
to the sailboat,while hunters carry other captured     
animals in boxes and nets.See also 11-01-03,01-02-02.
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The Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the Villa del Casale,Piazza...

Festoon with masks, leaves and fruit.
Casa del Fauno, Pompeii VI 12,2
Inv. 9994
See also detail 11-01-01/28 and 03-05-04/38
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Festoon with masks, leaves and fruit. Casa del Fauno, Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv. 999...

The death of Hypolitos.The horses of his quadriga shy  
before the monster which Aphrodite has sent from the   
depth of the sea.Around 340 BCE.                       
Crater,Sicilian production,from tomb 229 bis.
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The death of Hypolitos.The horses of his quadriga shy before the monster which...

Europa and the Bull, Tanagra figure from Beotia.       
Second quarter 5th BCE.
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Europa and the Bull, Tanagra figure from Beotia. Second quarter 5th BCE.

Quadriga.Metope from a temple in Sicily,6th BCE        
H: 83 cm                                               
NI 3919
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Quadriga.Metope from a temple in Sicily,6th BCE H: 83 cm...

Europa and the bull; the sea is shown by two huge fish.
H:55 cm
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Europa and the bull; the sea is shown by two huge fish. H:55 cm

A sphinx. Early 6th BCE.                               
H: 53 cm
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A sphinx. Early 6th BCE. H: 53 cm

The quadriga of the Sun,mid-6th BCE                    
Metope from Temple C in Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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The quadriga of the Sun,mid-6th BCE Metope from Temple C in...

Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte,    
Sicily,Italy.                                          
Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another  
version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess).
She changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy....

Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte,    
Sicily,Italy.Detail of 10-03-07/19.                    
Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another  
version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess)
who changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy.Detail of 1...