Io is carried by a river god, setting her down at Kanopus near Alexandria.
Roman fresco from the temple of Isis in Pompeii.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples) (inv. nr. 9558).
Deutsch: Io (mit Hörnern) wird von Isis (rechts, eine Kobra haltend und mit einem Krokodil zu ihren Füßen) in Ägypten begrüßt.
Im Hintergrund Offizianten des Isiskults.
Io wird von einem Flußgott getragen, der sie bei Kanopus nahe Alexandria auf ägyptischen Boden setzt.
Römisches Fresko aus dem Tempel der Isis in Pompeji.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Neapel) (inv. nr. 9558).
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Filippo Coarelli (ed.): Pompeji. Hirmer, München 2002, ISBN3-7774-9530-1, p. 99.
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WolfgangRieger
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The goddess Isis (seated right) welcoming the Greek heroine Io into Egypt
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