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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-048. Serpent Ladon guarding the sacred apple tree producing the golden fruits of immortality in the Garden of the Hesperides, attacked by Heracles (Hercules) wearing lion skin and swinging his club (The Eleventh Labour). |
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| Silver | Miniature relief (Skyphos, hamme- red decoration, en- graved ornament, detail) |
Unknown | Roman Imperial, before 79 AD | Casa del Menandro (I.10.4), Pompeii, Campania, South Italy |
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, 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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