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Consultation with a Witch, mosaic emblema pavimentale in opus vermiculatum, Villa of Cicero, Pompeii, Late 2nd early 1st c. BC. It depicts a theatrical scene from the New Comedy involving three masked actors representing a sorceress and two female clients, seated around a small table…
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Flora, fresco from Villa Arianna, Stabiae, 1st c. AD. Painted in the 3rd Pompeian style with vague Hellenistic reminiscences, it was found in a cubicle, along with three other female figures, each centered in panels in the middle of the walls. Stabiae was destroyed by the Vesuvius too
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"Nymph and Old Satyr" marble relief, Herculaneum, 1st c. AD. The scene depicts a nymph repelling a satyr. She is pushing his face trying to stay away, while the satyr grabs her hand and pulls her towards him. The image belongs to the broad Roman tradition of nymph-and-satyr scenes...
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