Peacock and Eros
Detail from the Vintage Scenes.The house of Dionysus. Late 2nd century CE. Paphos, Archaeological Park
Peacock and Eros.
Detail from the Vintage Scenes.
The house of Dionysus. Late 2nd century CE.
The house of Dionysus. Late 2nd century CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.
Description:
Along the long axis of the room there appears to have been a line of peacocks that formed the focal point of the composition. Nothing survives of the bird that presumably occupied the western side of the panel. In the centre there is a badly damaged peacock depicted in profile its tail sweeping behind. On the east, opposite the entrance, there is another, splendid peacock shown frontally with its fully spread train held open by a winged Eros.
Credits:
© 1998 Photo, text: W. A. Daszewski, D. Michaelidis. “Guide to the Paphos Mosaics”. Bank of Cyprus cultural foundation, 1998. P. 28.
