File:Oceanus mosaique, MSR, Musée Saint-Raymond (7221323874).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(4,246 × 2,918 pixels, file size: 12.42 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

La tête du dieu Océan mesure plus de 2 m. Dans la mythologie grecque, Océan était l’élément liquide d’où provenaient toutes les formes aquatiques : les fleuves, les ruisseaux, les sources et les mers.

Les inscriptions désignant les divinités sont toutes rédigées en grec et non en latin, ce qui est rare en Gaule. Est-ce le reflet d’un attachement à l’érudition de la culture grecque ou une mise en avant un peu ostentatoire et artificielle de l’engouement pour cette culture à la fin de l’Antiquité ?

English The god Oceanus’s head measures more than two meters. In Greek mythology, Oceanus was the liquid element from which came all aquatic forms: rivers, streams, springs, and seas. The inscriptions designating the divinities are all written in Greek instead of Latin which was rare in Gaul.

Is this a reflection of the attachment to the Greek culture’s erudition or a slightly ostentatious and artificial emphasis on the passion for this culture at the end of Antiquity?
Date
Source

Oceanus mosaique, MSR, Musée Saint-Raymond

Author Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany
Camera location43° 36′ 20.66″ N, 1° 26′ 55.28″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 14 December 2013 by the administrator or reviewer File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:43, 14 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:43, 14 December 20134,246 × 2,918 (12.42 MB)File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr by User:Marcus Cyron

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata