Roman Sebasteion relief sculpture of Io and Argos Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey. Against an art background. A powerful hero is folding a s

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Roman Sebasteion relief sculpture of Io and Argos Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey. Against an art background. A powerful hero is folding a sword gazing closely at a half naked and dishevelled young heroine who sits on a chest like stool. Between, on a pillar base stood a small, separately added statue of a goddess ( now missing). The scene follows a scheme used in the relief panels “Io guarded by Argos”. Io was one of Zeus’s lovers, and Argos was a watchful giant sent to guard her by Hera, Zeus’s wife.

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Size: 6803px × 9566px
Location: Ap[hrodisias Archaeological site Museum, Turkey
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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