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English: Boxing scene from the Aeneid (book 5), when the aged Sicilian champion Entellus defeats the young Trojan champion Dares. Blood spurts from Dares' injured head. Entellus sacrificed his prize, a bull, by landing a great blow to the animal's head. Both boxers wear cesti. Mosaic floor from a Gallo-Roman villa in Villelaure (France), ca. 175 CE.
Français : Scène de boxe tirée de L'Énéide (chant V), quand le vieux champion sicilien Entellus bat le jeune champion troyen Darès. Du sang jaillit de la tête blessée de Darès. Entellus sacrifie sa récompense, un taureau, en lui assénant un grand coup sur le front. Les deux combattant portent des cesti. Mosaïque de sol d'une villa gallo-romaine de Villelaure (France), v. 175 ap. J.-C.
Dimensions H. 81 7/8 in.; W. 81 7/8 in.
institution QS:P195,Q180401
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71.AH.106
Source/Photographer Photo by Marshall Astor on Flickr, 2007-01-04, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/345494192/

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Boxing scene from the Aeneid (book 5), mosaic floor from a Gallo-Roman villa in Villelaure (France), c. 175 AD, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)

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