Hero of Trojan War Aeneas's peerless mosaic discovered in Türkiye

[PHDNM]

Hero of Trojan War Aeneas's peerless mosaic discovered in Türkiye

MAY 11, 2023

The city of Osmaniye in southern Türkiye revealed a great mosaic depicting the legendary Trojan hero Aeneas, the protagonist in Virgil's epic poem, the "Aeneid."

The mosaic was discovered during a foundation excavation of a construction site revealing the remains of a Roman villa and a mosaic depicting the hero of the famous Aeneas, which was also mentioned in Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

The experts noted no other example of this mosaic in the world. The visual quality and depictions of the mosaic rival the famous ancient city of Zeugma mosaics in Gaziantep. The mosaic area, built in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., is thought to adorn the floor of a villa from that period.

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/hero...n-turkiye/news

[HannibaltheGreat]

Nice mossaic

[DrWh033]

Lol...roman villa my @ss. Let me guess this is the official report of the turkish agency which is too scared to use the word greek ( as if there were roman villas in anatolia) and ofc does not make on single mention on the greek language/text used on the mosaic.

Typical turkish policy in their attempt to dehellenise ancient greek findings and label them "roman" or "anatolian", because the truth is too hurtful for the uneducated turk who has no idea he lives in invaded and stolen land.

[Regnera]

I remembered Troy was in modern-day Turkey.