In this mosaic, unearthed during rescue excavations sponsored by Packard Humanities Institutes, figures of Eros, the god of Cup, are depicted on dolphins.
In this mosaic, unearthed during rescue excavations sponsored by Packard Humanities Institutes, figures of Eros, the god of Cup, are depicted on dolphins.
Eros, like his mother Aphrodite, brought beauty and joy to the world, burned people's hearts with the fire of love, and prepared people's happiness or doom. It had a pair of wings on its back. He would fly around the world with these wings, spreading the scent of flowers wherever he passed. Eros always had arrows in his hand.
The floor mosaic depicting the works of Daidalos was unearthed in the city of Belkıs' Zeugma, on the second settlement terrace, during the 1999 rescue excavation carried out under the direction of the Gaziantep Museum and with the participation of Nantes University. This mosaic is the floor mosaic of the dining room of a Roman villa. There are six figures in the mentioned mosaic.
