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The river-god Hebrus and the Plotinopolis city 

Mosaic floor from Plotinopolis depicting the city of Plotinopolis personified and Hebrus as a river god, 2nd c. AD

In the central panel of the mosaic floor the river-god Hebrus is depicted on the left, at a young age and beardless, emerging from the water. Next to him the personified city of Plotinopolis sits. Her upper part is not preserved, because it was destroyed by the later wall of the early Christian period along with a large part of the central representation. She holds a sceptre in her left hand that ends in a snake's head. The central panel is surrounded by a zone with a parade of a "marine thiasos", which is consisted by Ichthyocentaurs ("sea-centaurs"), Nereids and Cupids riding dolphins. There are additional zones with braids.


Caption Mosaic floor from Plotinopolis depicting the city of Plotinopolis personified and Hebrus as a river god

Mythic people Plotinopolis (Personification of a city), Eros (Deity), Ichthyocentaur/-s (Mythical creature/-s), Nereids (Nymph) ,Hebrus (God)

Type Mosaic

Origin Plotinopolis (modern Didymoteicho)

Current position Archaeological site of Plotinopolis

Dating 2nd c. AD

Notes

Κουτσουμανής Μ., "Πλωτινόπολη: Υδραυλική, τεχνολογία, πολύχρωμα ψηφιδωτά - Η έρευνα από το 1959 έως σήμερα", Αρχαιολογία 120, Απρίλιος 2016 σ. 44-61.

Πλωτινόπολη: Το χρονικό της έρευνας (archaiologia.gr)

Τα μοναδικά ευρήματα της Πλωτινόπολης παρουσιάστηκαν σε διάλεξη (archaiologia.gr)

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