Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XV · Mars (Marte)

Vol. VIII (1952) · full-page plate
REAR FAÇADE of an altar dedicated by one T. C. Faventinus to the myth of Mars. In the first upper panel: Mars approaches Rhea Silvia asleep by the Tiber; in the second, the vestal with the two twins; in the third, the exposure of the two newborns in the river while Mars armed contemplates, protecting god, the scene, from a hill (the Palatine?) a shepherd (Faustulus?) is watching; in the fourth the she-wolf, between two amazed shepherds, suckles the twins (2nd-3rd cent. AD) - Rome, Vatican Museum.
(fot. Alinari)
REAR FAÇADE of an altar dedicated by one T. C. Faventinus to the myth of Mars. In the first upper panel: Mars approaches Rhea Silvia asleep by the Tiber; in the second, the vestal with the two twins; in the third, the exposure of the two newborns in the river while Mars armed contemplates, protecting god, the scene, from a hill (the Palatine?) a shepherd (Faustulus?) is watching; in the fourth the she-wolf, between two amazed shepherds, suckles the twins (2nd-3rd cent. AD) - Rome, Vatican Museum.

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