Mosaic from Tarsus
- Tarsus, Turkey
The entire large mosaic panel from Tarsus
- 1st half of the 3rd century
- Antakya Archaeology Museum
- Tarsus, Turkey
First panel on the large mosaic depicting “The abduction of Ganymedes”
Central panel depicting a woman dancing among wine tendrils on the large mosaic depicting “The abduction of Ganymedes”
Zeus’s eagle with open wings carrying the boy to the sky on the large mosaic depicting “The abduction of Ganymedes”
Close-up view of mosaic depicing Orpheus and the Beasts
Ganymedes sitting on a piece of rock on the large mosaic depicting “The abduction of Ganymedes”
Third panel depicting Orpheus playing the lyre among the wild beasts: Orpheus and the Beasts
