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Classical Mythology, 7th Edition - obinfonet: dia logou

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628 THE NATURE OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY<br />

Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. Marble panel relief from the attic of the west side of the Arch<br />

of Trajan at Benevento, ca. 115 A.D.; height of panel, 90V2 in. Jupiter, the central figure in<br />

the Capitoline triad, hands his thunderbolt, symbol of power, to Trajan, who appears in<br />

the corresponding panel on the other side of the central inscription on the attic. The arch<br />

was erected to celebrate the completion of the Via Traiana, the road from Rome to Brindisi,<br />

where it left the old Âppian Way. In the background are other Olympian gods: Hercules<br />

to the left (behind Minerva), Apollo, Venus, and Mercury (with his winged cap).<br />

(Photo Alinari.)

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