Hippolytus Hall
The elaborate figurative design of the floor of a private villa from the 6th century is unique among Jordan's mosaics. It depicts the ancient myth of Hippolytus.
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Aphrodite, seated next to Adonis, threatens with her sandal a winged Cupid or Eros, who is being presented to her by one of the three Graces. A rose in the left hand of the goddess refers to the Rose Festival in Gaza. The mosaizist probably knew Procopius of Gaza's descriptions (ca. 465 - 529 A.D.) of images on the Hippolytus myth in a Gaza palace.
A second Grace grasps the foot of yet another Cupid who attempts to take refuge among the branches of a tree.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
The elaborate figurative design of the floor of a private villa from the 6th century is unique among Jordan's mosaics. It depicts the ancient myth of Hippolytus.