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26-Sep-2019 DICK OSSEMAN

Antakya Archaeology Museum Four seasons Paris and Hellen mosaic sept 2019 6094e.jpg

In 2019 in the new museum I took this picture that I sort with earlier ones. The original of this picture has a higher resolution than earlier ones, but formerly I could work with more natural light, and the mosaic was on a wall, better for the avoidance of distortions.

This is Paris and Helen (between Autumn and Winter). Paris is standing in front of a tree. Helen is standing with a leaf in her hand. Aphrodite is standing behind Helen.

Enc. Britt.: The “judgment of Paris” was and continues to be a popular theme in art. According to legend, Paris was chosen by Zeus to determine which of three goddesses was the most beautiful. Rejecting bribes of kingly power from Hera and military might from Athena, he chose Aphrodite and accepted her bribe to help him win the most beautiful woman alive. His seduction of Helen (the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta) and refusal to return her was the cause of the Trojan War.

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