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Alexander the Great, Lion Hunt, 4th Century BC

Detail of lion hunt mosaic from a wealthy home of the late 4th century BC, the "House of Dionysos" at Pella, in Pella, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander the Great (left), wearing a kausia and fighting an Asiatic lion with his friend Craterus (not shown). A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics". Others are made of other materials.
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Title:
Alexander the Great, Lion Hunt, 4th Century BC
Caption:
Detail of lion hunt mosaic from a wealthy home of the late 4th century BC, the "House of Dionysos" at Pella, in Pella, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander the Great (left), wearing a kausia and fighting an Asiatic lion with his friend Craterus (not shown). A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics". Others are made of other materials.
Personalities:
MACEDONIAN
Credit:
Album / NYPL/Science Source
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Image size:
4500 x 2979 px | 38.4 MB
Print size:
38.1 x 25.2 cm | 15.0 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
4TH BCE • 4TH CENTURY B. C. • 4TH CENTURY BC • ALESANDRO MAGNOS • ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON • ALEXANDER OF MACEDON • ALEXANDER THE GREAT • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ANCIENT GREEK • ANCIENT • ANTIQUITY • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGICAL • ART • ARTIFACT • ARTWORK • ASIATIC LION • CELEBRITY • CONQUEROR • CONQUISTADOR • EMPEROR • FAMOUS • FIGURE • FOURTH CENTURY B. C • FOURTH CENTURY B. C. • FOURTH CENTURY BC • GREECE • GREEK KING OF MACEDON • GREEK KING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOUSE OF DIONYSOS • HUNT • HUNTING • IMPORTANT • KAUSIA • LION HUNT • LION • MACEDONIAN KINGDOM • MACEDONIAN • MALE • MAN • MEN • MILITARY COMMANDER • MILITARY LEADER • MOSAIC • NOTABLE • PELLA • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONALITIES • PERSONALITY • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN REPUBLIC • ROMAN • WELL-KNOWN