One of the four decorative relief plaques on Augustus' Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace) in Rome. Tellus - the Roman nursing-mother deity - is shown seated between two Aurae (Zephyrs), with two babies on her lap. The mythological subject and artistic style recall Hellenic models. Late 1st century B.C. Yalouris, Ν., Elliniki Techni: Archaia Glypta, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1994, p.220, ill.246. © Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma.

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