Stock Photo - Close up of a Roman Sebasteion relief sculpture of Io and Argos Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey. Against a black background. . . A powerful hero is folding a sword gazing closely at a half naked and dishevelled young heroine who sits on a chest like stool. Between, on a pillar base stood a small, separately added statue of a goddess ( now missing). The scene follows a scheme used in the relief panels ""Io guarded by Argos"" . Io was one of Zeus´s lovers, and Argos was a watchful giant sent to guard her by Hera, Zeus´s wife.

Stock Photo: Close up of a Roman Sebasteion relief sculpture of Io and Argos Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey. Against a black background. .

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