A Duo of Divine Bountiful Ladies
108. Fortuna or Tyche, a Graeco-Roman personification of nature's profusion, holds a cornucopia in her left hand and pours a libation with her right. Vault painting. Cubiculum II, catacomb of Vigna Randanini. |
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109. In another embodiment of nature's abundance, Demeter (or Ceres, the Roman goddess of the fruitful earth) is depicted as a fashionable Roman matron. With her right hand, she sprinkles grain from a sheaf; in her left, she bears aloft the flaming torch of life. Wall painting. Cubiculum O, catacomb of Via Latina. |
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