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The House of Aion (3rd 0 5th cent. A.D.)
Only a small part of the building has been excavated by the Polish Archaeological Mission of the University of Warsaw. The uncovered rooms include the receprion hall of the building, decorated with exceptional geometric and figural mosaic floors.
The central panel of the main room is divided into five smaller panels, each depicting a different mythological scene, such as Leda and the Swan, the Epiphany of Dionysos, the beauty contest between Cassiopeia and the Nereids, the punishment of Marsyas.
In the centre of the composition is the depiction of the god Aion, the personification of time, whose name was given to the house.
The mural fresces of the house depicted Apollo and the Muses. Some parts of these have been restored and are currently exhibited in the Pafos Museum.
Pafos, Cyprus
Photo: Michael Lahanas
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