Hunting Scenes - IV
Detail of the heroic hunter.
In ancient Rome, the representation of the heroic hunter is closely linked to the Meleager myth, and the motif of the boar hunting was very popular. This appreciation of the myth of the heroic hunter who slew the monstrous Calydonian boar accounts “the appeal that hunting figures had for the Romans, through their heroizing connotations”.
Roman mosaic
Ca. 15 m x 9 m
Early 4th century AD
Found in Rome, Horti Licicniani
Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini, Inv. Ant. Com. 3636
Hunting Scenes - IV
Detail of the heroic hunter.
In ancient Rome, the representation of the heroic hunter is closely linked to the Meleager myth, and the motif of the boar hunting was very popular. This appreciation of the myth of the heroic hunter who slew the monstrous Calydonian boar accounts “the appeal that hunting figures had for the Romans, through their heroizing connotations”.
Roman mosaic
Ca. 15 m x 9 m
Early 4th century AD
Found in Rome, Horti Licicniani
Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini, Inv. Ant. Com. 3636