Pergamon Altar. Marble and limestone. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

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Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frieze). By artist Theorretos. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

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