A young man sits sideways on the back of a left-facing ram (center), holding its left horn with his right hand. He is fair-skinned and bare-chested with close-cropped dark hair. A length of cloth is wrapped around his waist and legs. Rocky outcroppings rise up on the far left and right of the scene with a body of water below the boy and ram receding into the background. In the water can be seen the head and chest of another youth, who reaches with their right arm toward the ram above.

Phrixus being carried across the Hellespont on the ram from the Golden Fleece. Helle has fallen off the ram and is drowning. From the Nymphaeum of the Villa San Marco in Stabiae. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli 10005.

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Subjects
Phrixus
Helle
Golden Fleece
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Unknown
Date
ca. 50–79 CE
Culture
Roman
Medium
mosaic
Location
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Image Credit
Wikimedia: Amphipolis