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Themes in Roman Wall Painting Comparison with Greek Vases

Wall Paintings Unique representations Different moment in time in a popular myth Different emotion feel Landscape emphasis Medium affects portrayal

Unique Representation Telephus story Telephus suckling fawn Herakles, his Dad, watching Personification of Arcadia, the region of Greece where it happened The eagle of Zeus

Herakles and Omphale Herakles dressed in women’s clothing Tied down by cupids Regal amusement of Omphale

Cupids, again Story adapted to include the Romans favorite figure, the cupid. Humor in tiny winged figures of love subduing the enslaved Herakles.

Different moment in time Theseus and the Minotaur Hero of the people Some pity for the minotaur Landscape - gates of the city.

Minotaur Minotaur relegated to a subsidiary position. Innocence of children in contrast to the beast Central heroic nudity of Theseus

Different emotion feel Pensive Medea instead of vengeful Light and shadow in the room Children still playing Paidagogos worried.

Landscape emphasis Sack of Troy Greeks stole the cult statue of Athena, the Palladium Theft is subsidiary to the grand landscape of trees, altars, temples.

Medium changes portrayal Sacrifice of Iphigenia Shamed priest Statuette of Artemis Iphigenia held by attendants Pensive Agamemnon Replacement deer in the sky