Great Altar of Zeus -- Pergamon: Nyx, Goddess of Night (or one of the Moiras?) -
2nd c BCE Greek Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

GREEK HELLENISTIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
GREEK HELLENISTIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE) Primary
180 BCE-175 BCE
2nd c BCE
Marble
High relief
Greek Hellenistic
Altarpiece
Bergama (Pergamon). Aegean Region. Asia Minor. Turkey.
Berlin. Pergamon Museum (Antiken-Sammlung)[Antiquities Coll.]
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Part of the Great Altar of Zeus or otherwise known as the Pergamon Altar – this image is a frontal view of the N. frieze with many scholars identifying the center female figure with robes as Nyx (the Goddess of Night) and others proposing it may be one of the Moirai (the Goddesses of Fate). The goddess is fighting various Giants. This frieze is a smaller part of a 113 m. long frieze called Gigantomachy. This single event is the mythical Battle of Giants where the Greek Gods and Giants did battle. With the help of Heracles the Gods triumph over the Giants.