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title: A Nereid & a Sea Centaur
author: Branko van Oppen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11908/a-nereid--a-sea-centaur/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# A Nereid & a Sea Centaur

_Authored by [Branko van Oppen](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/bvoppen/)_

## Image File

[![A Nereid & a Sea Centaur](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11908.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11908.jpg)

## Image Caption

A fragment of a gilded [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) wine jug from southern Spain (10.5 cm in height; ca. 1st cent. BCE; APM inv. no. 15.375). The image is “rolled” out to compensate for the curvature of the vase neck. The scene illustrates a Nereid riding on the back of a sea [centaur](https://www.worldhistory.org/centaur/). Image courtesy of the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam.

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## About the Author

Branko van Oppen is an exhibition curator and independent scholar specialized in Ptolemaic queenship as well as Hellenistic art and ideology.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Oppen, B. v. (2020, February 15). A Nereid & a Sea Centaur. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11908/a-nereid--a-sea-centaur/>
### Chicago
Oppen, Branko van. "A Nereid & a Sea Centaur." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 15, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11908/a-nereid--a-sea-centaur/>.
### MLA
Oppen, Branko van. "A Nereid & a Sea Centaur." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Feb 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11908/a-nereid--a-sea-centaur/>.

## License & Copyright

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