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Antioch Mosaic - Orpheus and the Beasts - Tarsus (orpheus-and-beasts-c-osseman.jpg, 600 x 399, 86.8K)

Mosaic of Orpheus playing his lyre, attracting and soothing the animals and even a tree.

Tarsus, 275-300 AD. Antakya Museum, inv. 10568. Photo © Dick Osseman.

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