#MosaicMonday An epic turn of fate? In Greek epic, Trojan Astyanax, son of Hector, was thrown from the walls of Troy, but in this 3rd c. CE #Roman mosaic Astyanax beats (vicit) a bleeding Kalendio.1/2 Image: Madrid Archaeological Museum. wikimedia commons upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
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"Astyanax," meaning "lord of the city" in Greek, was a secutor "chaser". He advances, unfettered by the net of a retiarius ("net-man"). Kalendio's time is running out: a referee gestures to Astyanax; a black theta spells impending doom for Kalendio. 2/2 Image: Wikimedia commons
@abby_fecit @DocCrom @saverome @Carla_Ardis @roamintheempire Amazing how things can turn out right