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A Walk to Caesarea: A Historical-Archaeological Perspective 45
e
Fig. 48d–e Fig. 49a–c
A sarcophagus with a Christian tombstones with
Dionysian scene and a Greek inscriptions
depiction of Leda and the a. Tomb of Procopia, the
Swan. Only the lower part
survives. Shown on the front daughter of Procopius,
(48d) are satyrs, maenads, and Cyriacus Cumma,
and cupids. Also recognizable chief of the patrol
are the legs of a panther that (CIIP II. 1534)
apparently stood alongside b. Memorial of Cornelia
Dionysus. On the shorter side (CIIP II. 1464)
(48e) – a depiction of Leda c. Tomb of Anastasius and
and the Swan. Zeus, who Axia (CIIP II. 1451)
desired Leda, wife of the king
of Sparta, came to her in the a
shape of a swan. Among the
couple’s offspring was also 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 cm
Helen – the future cause of
the outbreak of the Trojan bc
War
0 5 cm
