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Amymone/Hypermnestra is represented with a water pitcher, a reminder of the sacred springs and lake of Lerna and of the copious wells that made Argos the "well-watered" and, by contrast, a reminder that her sisters were forever punished in
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Amymone, the blameless, was eventually reconciled with her father, and given in marriage to
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for their murderous crimes by fruitlessly drawing water in pitchers with open bases.
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Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug, with the
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that was about to rape her. To possess her himself, the god revealed the springs of
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of Argos also asserts that Argos was the metropolis ("mother city") of Mycenae.
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Amymone and Poseidon. Continuous Narrative on Roman Mosaics
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had dried up all the region' of Argos' springs after the
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above representing the erotic motive of the scene (
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Cupid
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House of Dionysos
Paphos
Greek mythology
/æmɪˈmn/
Ancient Greek
romanized
Danaus
Libya
Europe
Hypermnestra
Danaus
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Poseidon
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Hera
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Lerna
Nauplius
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