Three nymphs, the female nature demons, are from Dionysus’s entourage, fighting giants
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Three nymphs, the female nature demons, are from Dionysus’s entourage, fighting giants.

Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.

Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum
(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Pergamonmuseum).

Credits:
(сс) 2008. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: Kunze M. The Pergamon Altar. Its Rediscovery History and Reconstruction. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1995, p. 23.
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