A "Portrait" of Book XII of the Æneid: the Mosaic of the «House of the Medusa» (Alter do Chão, Portugal)

This paper addresses the study of a mosaic discovered in 2007 at the archaeological site of Alter do Chão, Portugal, whose central panel represents the penultimate scene narrated in the last Book of the Æneid – a Roman epic composed by the poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC – AD 19), at the request...

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Main Author: Caetano, Maria Teresa (author)
Other Authors: Mourão, Cátia (author), António, Jorge (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13654
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/13654