This mosaic, signed by Dioskourides of Samos, was removed from the so-called Villa of Cicero, near Pompeii. A painting of the same scene was also found in Stabiae. The scene is reported to be from Theophorumene (The Possessed) by Menander. Mosaic dated 2nd C BC (First Style). Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Inv. 9985. Opus vermiculatum - .43 x .41 m.
 

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