Pergamon Altar. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze. Nereus, Doris, giant, Oceanus and Thetis.


Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze. Detail. Left to right: Nereus, Doris, giant, Oceanus and Thetis. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.


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