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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-005. Large serpent (possibly Ladon, the iconographic reference to the Garden of the Hesperides and the Eleventh Labour of Heracles?), undulating behind Titan Atlas, holding up the sky (extreme west of the Oikoumene); Titan Prometheus bound to the column at the Rock of Caucasus and tormented by the eagle sent by the chief Olympian god Zeus (extreme east of the Oikoumene). Possible alternative interpretation: the punishments of Sisyphos and Tityos in the Tartarus (Underworld). |
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Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
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| Ceramic (earthenware) | Vase painting (Laconian black- figure kylix, detail) |
Arkesilas Painter (fl. 570-550 BC) |
Middle Archaic, 570-550 BC |
Cerveteri, Lazio, Central Italy (Etruria) |
Musei Vaticani (Museo Gregoriano Etrusco), Vatican, Inventory № 16592 |
| 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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