Pergamon Altar. Detail

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frieze). By artist Theorretos. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Acropolis Bacchus Colossal Cornice Dionysus Entourage Eumenes Fragment Frieze Giants Gigantomachy Gods Hellenistic Limestone Monumental Mythical Nymph Nymphs Olympian Pergamon Pergamum Podium Retinue Satyr Semele Soter Stair Stairway Zeus

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