Athena Review Image Archive ™
Pompeii: Temple of Isis, landscape with tragic mask
Pompeii: Temple of Isis, flandscape with tragic mask (Mus.Arch Naples; photo: Athena Review)
The Temple of Isis, rebuilt between AD 62 and 79, contained numerus paintings in the 4th style. These include fanciful landscapes with villas, temples, and exotic plants and animals.
This
painting shows details of a fanciful landscape, surmounted by a
tragic mask representing Dionysius or Bacchus, the Graeco-Roman god of
drama and wine, who in the Isis Cult is equated with the Egyptian
deity Osiris. The landscape contains Egyptian elements
including a large crocodile and a temple.
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