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Mosaic depicting the Rape of Ganymede. The god Zeus having transformed into an eagle carries Ganymede away. Late 2nd / early 3rd century CE, House of Dionysus, Paphos Archaeological Park.

Mosaic depicting Phaedra and Hippolytus in the House of Dionysus, late 2nd / 3rd century CE. Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus.

Close-up of the Triumph of Dionysos mosaic showing the god Dionysus seating on a two-wheeled chariot. House of Dionysus, late 2nd / early 3rd century CE, Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus.

Mosaic in the House of Theseus depicting the first bath of Achilles, 5th century CE. Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus. The hero lies in the arms of his mother Thetis who is shown in the centre lying on a bed. This part of the scene has...

Mosaic floor depicting the mythical duel between Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth of Crete, House of Theseus, 3rd-4th century CE. Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus.

The House of Theseus in the Paphos Archaeological Park in Cyprus had more than 100 rooms. This house is the largest residential structure on the island and one of the largest in the Mediterranean. It was the residence of the governor of Cyprus...

The Kambanopetra Basilica of Salamis in Cyprus was built in the 4th century CE. It was an impressive complex with a large colonnaded rectangular courtyard and porticoes on all four sides, adjoining a three-aisled basilica.

Fresco in the bath complex of Salamis in Cyprus depicting the myth of Hylas and the water nymphs, end of 3rd century CE.

The bath complex of Salamis had a sweating-room, marble-lined pools, cold and hot rooms and an exposed hypocaust (underfloor heating system). The building was decorated with stunning mythological-themed mosaics and frescoes.

The gymnasium of Salamis in Cyprus, with its colonnaded palaestra, was built over the ruins of an earlier Hellenistic gymnasium in the 2nd century CE during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian after Salamis had been greatly damaged during the...