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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-049. Bicephalic (!) Cerberos (Orthros?), the monstrous canine guardian of the gates of the underworld, with its tail terminating with a bearded snake's head, held on a leash by Heracles (The Twelfth Labour); helmeted goddess Athena, wearing torso-aegis with snakes-fringe, holding spear in her right hand and gesticulating with her left towards the god of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, transitions, boundaries, border crossings, the messenger of the gods and psychopomp (guide of souls to the underworld) Hermes, holding a kerykeion (caduceus) in his right hand. |
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| Ceramic (earthenware), polychrome pigments |
Vase painting (Attic black-figure krater, painted de-coration, detail) |
TBD | Middle Archaic, 580-530 BC |
Camera 2, Tomb 3, Maroi Tumulus, Necropoli della Ban-ditaccia, Cerveteri, Lazio, Central Italy (Etruria) |
Museo Nazionale Etrusco, Rome, 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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