Antioch Mosaics and their Mythological and Artistic Relations with Spanish Mosaics

Abstract

The twenty-two myths represented in Antioch mosaics repeat themselves in those in Hispania. Six of the most fa- mous are selected: Judgment of Paris, Dionysus and Ariadne, Pegasus and the Nymphs, Aphrodite and Adonis, Meleager and Atalanta and Iphigenia in Aulis.

Keywords

• antioch myths
• hispania
• judgment of paris
• dionysus and ariadne
• pegasus and the nymphs
• aphrodite and adonis
• meleager and atalanta
• iphigenia in aulis