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Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch, a sword and a lance against the giant Klytios (he doesn't appear). Next to her is Artemis fighting with a bow and arrow against a Giant who is perhaps Otos. Her hunting dog kills another Giant with a bite to the neck. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch, a sword and a lance against the giant Klytios (he doesn't appear). Next to her is Artemis fighting with a bow and arrow against a Giant who is perhaps Otos. Her hunting dog kills another Giant with a bite to the neck. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch, a sword and a lance against the giant Klytios (he doesn't appear). Next to her is Artemis fighting with a bow and arrow against a Giant who is perhaps Otos. Her hunting dog kills another Giant with a bite to the neck. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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4256 x 2832 px | 34.5 MB
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36.0 x 24.0 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 in (300 dpi)
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2ND BCE 2ND CENTURY B. C. 2ND CENTURY BC ACROPOLIS ACROPOLIS, ATHENS ALTAR OF ZEUS ALTAR ANCIENT AGE ANCIENT ART ANCIENT GREECE ANCIENT GREEKS ANCIENT WORLD ANIMAL ANIMAL: SNAKE ANIMALS ANTIGUEDAD ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITY ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURE ART ARTEMIS ARTIST ARTISTE ARTS ASIA MINOR ATHENS, ACROPOLIS BAROQUE STYLE BAROQUE BAS-RELIEF BATTLE BERLIN BITE BUCKLER CARVING CLASS CLASSIC COMBAT CONFRONTATION CULT CULTURE DEPICTION DISPUTE DOG DYNASTY EDUCATION EMBOSSED EUMENES II SOTER FIGHT FIGHTER FIGHTING FLAMBEAU FRAGMENT FRIEZE GERMANY GIANT (MALE) GIANT GIANTS GIGANTOMACHY GOD GODDESS GRECO GREEK ERA GREEK GREEKS HECATE HEKATE HELENICO HELENISTICO HELLENIC HELLENISTIC PERIOD HELLENISTIC HIGH RELIEF HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY ISSUE LEGEND LIMESTONE MARBLE MARBRE MEMORIAL MEMORY MONUMENT MONUMENTAL MONUMENTS MOTIF MUSEUM ISLAND MYTHICAL MYTHOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY OLYMPIAN GODS OTOS PERGAMON ALTAR PERGAMON MUSEUM PERGAMON SCHOOL PERGAMON PERGAMUM PERIOD PODIUM QUARREL RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE REPRESENTATION REPTILE: SNAKE RITE RITUAL RODELA ROW SCENE SCHOOL OF PERGAMON SCUFFLE SCULPTED SCULPTING SCULPTURE SCULPTURE. SERPENT SHIELD SHOW SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE SNAKES SOUTH FRIEZE SOUTH SOUTHERN SOUVENIR STEPPING STRUGGLE STYLE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT TEMÁTICA THEMATIC THEME THREE-FACETED GODDESS TOPIC TORCH TORCHES TURKEY TURQUIA WATER