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Italy, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, cubiculum 2, Arimaspian and Gryphon

Italy, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, cubiculum 2, Arimaspian and Gryphon. The Arimaspi were a legendary people of northern Scythia. Many ancient Greek tales speak of their struggles with the gold-guarding gryphons in the Hyerborean lands near the cave of Boreas, the North Wind. In this Roman painting, a figure in Scythian clothing battles a gryphon (or griffin), a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head, talons and wings of an eagle. The Schythian is trying to protect himself with his leather shield.
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Italy, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, cubiculum 2, Arimaspian and Gryphon
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Italy, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, cubiculum 2, Arimaspian and Gryphon. The Arimaspi were a legendary people of northern Scythia. Many ancient Greek tales speak of their struggles with the gold-guarding gryphons in the Hyerborean lands near the cave of Boreas, the North Wind. In this Roman painting, a figure in Scythian clothing battles a gryphon (or griffin), a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head, talons and wings of an eagle. The Schythian is trying to protect himself with his leather shield.
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3500 x 1984 px | 19.9 MB
Print size:
29.6 x 16.8 cm | 11.7 x 6.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
2ND STYLE • ANCIENT ROME • ANIMAL REPRESENTATION • ARIMASPI • ART • ARTS • CALYX-KRATER • CAMPANIA • CULT • DAMAGED • FAUCET • FRESCO • GRIFFIN • GRYPHON • ITALIA • ITALY • LEGEND • MALE LIKENESS • MYTHOLOGY • NAPLES NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • NAPLES • PAINTINGS • POMPEI • POMPEII • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROME ANCIENT • SCYTHIAN • VASE • VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES • WATER • WINGS