Illustration
Zeus is seated behind an eagle, one of the god's attributes.
This iconographic type is unknown in Greece and draws its inspiration from a motif of oriental origin, of a god mounted on a bird.
From Egypt. Mid-2nd century CE. Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).
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