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The Mythical Birth of Alexander the Great - I by Egisto Sani, 2010
Via Flickr:
Left side: Philippe, Olympias and the snake.
Right side: Alexandre the Great with a Nymphe and Olympias with Therapena (a nurce ?).
Mosaic, 4th century AD
From Baalbek, Lebanon;
Beirut - National Museum of Beirut.
Alexander the Great was born on this day, July 20, 356 B.C.E. in Pella, Macedonia. The figures in this mosaic are illustrations for The Romance of Alexander, the earliest version of which dates to the 3rd century C.E.
Published on July 23, 2016 14:00