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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-010. Colchian sorceress Medea, holding a short sword and escorting the breathless bodies of her and the Argonaut Jason's murdered children, lying in a biga, provided by Medea's grandfather, the sun-god Helios and drawn by two undulating, rearing, winged serpents. According to the alternative version of the story, after Jason's betrayal, Medea and her son Medus fled from Athens to the Iranian plateau in a similar vehicle and lived among the Aryans, who then changed their name to the Medes. |
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| Marble | High relief (Sarcophagus, chest, front panel, carved decoration, detail) | Unknown | TBD | TBD | Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Chiaramonti), Vatican, Inventory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican 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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