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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-013. A battle scene from the Gigantomachia: helmeted goddess of wisdom, creativity, craft, weaving, poetry, medicine, commerce, diplomacy, and just war Athena in the Promachos (Fighting in the Front Line) aspect, wearing torso-aegis with snakes-fringe, carrying the aspis (hoplon?) shield with the image of gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa), brandishing spear and fighting against winged, ophiopode (serpent-legged) giant (Pallas, Asterius, or Enceladus?) with his swirling squamous (scaly) lower limbs (below the knees) terminating with the heads of serpents. |
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| Bronze | High relief (Votive (?) plaque, decorative metal-work) |
Unknown | TBD | TBD | Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Palestrina, Inventory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Italian Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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