ANCIENT ARTIFACT GREECE SILVER MASSIVE STATUETTE GIANT WITH SNAKES LEGS
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:33445 | Material: SILVER |
| Meassurements: 88mm/60mm/30mm | Type: Statues |
I started to selling my old collection, it`s been collected for a long time. If you want to have artefacts for you It`s a good start for you, thanks for the bidding NICE ANCIENT ARTIFACT GREECE SILVER MASSIVE STATUETTE GIANT WITH SNAKES LEGS3 - 5 Century ADMeasurements: 88mm/60mm/30mm; 141.28 gr.Material: SILVERCondition: VERY RARETHE GIGANTES were a tribe of a hundred giants born of the earth-goddess Gaia. According to some she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated sky-g...od Ouranos (Uranus).At the urging of Gaia the Giantess waged war on the gods and were destroyed in the ensuing battle. The most famous of the combatants were Enchiladas (Escalades) who was buried by Athena beneath Mount Etna, Polybotes who was crushed by an island cast by Poseidon, and Porphyria who was slain by Zeus and Heracles when he attempted to violate the goddess Hera.The Giants were depicted as either spear-wielding hoplite warriors in armour or primitives clothed in animal-skins and armed with rocks and flaming brands. usually depicted with the tails of serpents in place of legs.The Giantess might have represented the primitive tribes of Thrace (Thrace), north of Greece, whose barbarian culture unfavourably contrasted with Greek civilisation. According to some, the Thracians were born from the blood or ashes of the vanquished giants.In southern Italy the thrashing of buried giants was believed to be the source of volcanism and other thermal activity--from the thermal plains of Campania, to the volcanoes of Etna and Vesuvius.Payment Policy: Accept only PayPal and Please to pay within 7 days after listing ends. Thanks Delivery: All items will be COMBINED - DISCOUNT PRICE Provenance: The item was acquired by an international antique fair.Authenticity: That's are all items are guaranteed to be genuine as described Returns: Accept returns within 30 days of date receipt. Full refund
