GYPSY MOSAIC (GAIA)

The female figure in this mosaic, which was unearthed in 1992, when the Zeugma Excavations were not yet on the public agenda, became the symbol of Zeugma with its mysterious looks. The identity of this mosaic, whose identity could not be identified when it was first published, was unearthed in 1992, because the female figure in the figure resembled a gypsy girl. gypsy However, some sources draw attention to the vine figures in the mosaic and argue that the woman depicted as a gypsy is the god of the earth. GAIA claims that it is. In mythology, Gaia is considered the first element from which the lineages of gods emerged. Gaia is the name of Hesiod. TheogonyAlthough it plays a major role in the poems of Homer, it is never seen in Homer's poems. According to Hesiod, Gaia was born immediately after Chaos, and Eros (love) came right after her. Gaia created the Sky (Ouranos) and the Mountains and the sea surrounding her, without the help of any male element. She gave birth to Pontos, the personified male form of the element. After the birth of the sky, Gaia united with Him, and thus the children she had became gods in the full sense of the word, no longer simple elementary powers. First, six titans: Oceanos, Koios, Krios, Hyperion, Iapetus and Kronos and six titanids: Theia, Reia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoibe and Tehys were born. These are female divine beings. The youngest of this generation is Kronos. Then came the Cyclops: these were divine beings who ruled over lightning, lightning and thunder. Their names were: Arges, Steropes and Brontes. And finally, from the loves of Ouranos, the Hekatogkheirs were born, who were hundred-armed, gigantic, violent beings named Kottos, Briareus and Gyges.