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Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a vessel wrapped in snakes, ready to hurl it. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze.  Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a vessel wrapped in snakes, ready to hurl it. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a vessel wrapped in snakes, ready to hurl it. 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: SNAKE ANTIGUEDAD ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITY ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURE ART ARTS ASIA MINOR ATHENS, ACROPOLIS BAROQUE STYLE BAROQUE BAS-RELIEF BATTLE BERLIN CARVING CASTLE CITADEL CITY WALL CITYWALL CLASS CLASSIC COMBAT CONFRONTATION CULT CULTURE DEITY DEPICTION DESTINY DETAIL DISPUTE DIVINITY DYNASTY EDUCATION EMBOSSED ERINYES EUMENES II SOTER FATE FIGHT FIGHTER FIGHTING FORTIFICATION FORTIFICATION: CITY WALL FORTRESS FRIEZE GERMANY GIANT (MALE) GIANT GIANTS GIGANTOMACHY GOD GODDESS GODHEAD GODS GRECO GREEK ERA GREEK GREEKS HELENICO HELENISTICO HELLENIC HELLENISTIC PERIOD HELLENISTIC HIGH RELIEF HIGH WALL HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY ISSUE LEGEND LIMESTONE MARBLE MARBRE MONUMENTAL MOTIF MUSEUM ISLAND MYTHICAL MYTHOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY NORTH FRIEZE NYX PERGAMON ALTAR PERGAMON MUSEUM PERGAMON PERGAMUM PERIOD QUARREL RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE REPRESENTATION REPTILE: SNAKE REVENGE RITE RITUAL ROW SCENE SCHOOL OF PERGAMON SCUFFLE SCULPTED SCULPTING SCULPTURE SCULPTURE. SERPENT SHOW SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE SNAKES STRUGGLE STYLE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT TEMÁTICA THEMATIC THEME THREE FATES TOPIC TURKEY TURQUIA VASCULAR VENGEANCE VESSEL WALL WATER WOMAN'S WOMAN WOMEN'S WOMEN WOMENS