Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure SSA-ind-046. A battle scene from the Gigantomachia: Olympian god (Apollo, Dionysos, or Heracles?) grasping the tail and hair of the ophiopode (serpent-legged) Giant (Ephialtes, Eurytus, or Alcyoneus?) with his long swirling lower limbs, swinging a club in a retaliatory action.


Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
Stone High relief
(Architectural
panel (tympa-
num?), carved decoration)
Unknown TBD Jamal Garhi,
Khyber Pakhtun-
khwa, North
Pakistan
Indian Museum, Kolkata, Inventory
№ G.89/A23364

Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). 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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