Ketos
Mosaic made by assembling polychrome tiles with colored grouts, depicting a “ketos”, or marine monster.
The ketoi are essentially linked to the myths of Hesione and Andromache. These two girls had a similar fate: they were tied by their fathers on the rocks near the sea and offered to the marine monsters to appease the wrath of the gods. The first was rescued by Heracles on the beach of Troy, while the second was saved by Perseus.
Mosaic
3rd Century BC
From “Caulonia”, Monasterace RC
Roma, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Exhibition “Monsters”
Ketos
Mosaic made by assembling polychrome tiles with colored grouts, depicting a “ketos”, or marine monster.
The ketoi are essentially linked to the myths of Hesione and Andromache. These two girls had a similar fate: they were tied by their fathers on the rocks near the sea and offered to the marine monsters to appease the wrath of the gods. The first was rescued by Heracles on the beach of Troy, while the second was saved by Perseus.
Mosaic
3rd Century BC
From “Caulonia”, Monasterace RC
Roma, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Exhibition “Monsters”