Pergamon Altar. Probably goddess Nyx or one of the Erinyes h

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a vessel wrapped in snakes, ready to hurl it. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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