Lion_hunt_mosaic_from_Pella.jpg


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Lion hunt. Mosaic from Pella (ancient Macedonia), late 4th century BC, depicting Alexander the Great and Craterus. Housed in the Pella Museum.

From Olga Palagia (2000). " Hephaestion’s Pyre and the Royal Hunt of Alexander ," in A.B. Bosworth and E.J. Baynham (eds), Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction . Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198152873 , p. 185:

A floor mosaic of the late fourth century, excavated in one of the dining rooms of the 'House of Dionysus', a palatial mansion at Pella, shows two Macedonians hunting a lion on foot, using spear and sword (Fig. 8). They are both heroically nude but for a billowing chlamys, and shown as equals, with the king on the left being differentiated by his kausia . The egalitarian spirit of the mosaic reflects the mores of the Macedonian nobles: not for them the mounted king in mixed Oriental dress...This mosaic has long been thought to represent Craterus coming to Alexander's rescue...

Date Late 4th century BC
Source Pella Archaeological Museum
Author Unknown author Unknown author
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