-
goddess of the Moon,
alluding to her
astral course. A
figure so
framed is a
velificans (plural velificantes). Not all
deities are portra**** as velificantes,...
- 1789 Species-level
synonyms Arethusa caravell Oken, 1815
Holothuria velificans Osbeck, 1765
Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788
Physalia australis Péron, 1807...
- A Venus-Aphrodite
velificans holding an infant,
probably Aeneas, as
Anchises and Luna-Selene look on (Roman-era
relief from Aphrodisias)...
-
devoted exclusively to
biographies of
women in
Western literature.
Europa velificans, "her
fluttering tunic… in the breeze" (mosaic,
Zeugma Mosaic Museum)...
- 16th-century) The
Triumph of
Neptune by
Nicolas Poussin,
showing Amphitrite velificans (1634)
Triumph of
Poseidon and
Amphitrite showing the
couple in procession...
-
Neptune God of the Sea
Member of the Dii
Consentes A
velificans of
Neptune in his seahorse-drawn
triumphal chariot from the mid-3rd
century AD - Sousse...
-
Neptune velificans on a 3rd-century mosaic...
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snake wrapped around it. In
later depictions, Nyx is
often portra**** as a
velificans (with a veil
billowing behind her head), and on
Roman sarcophagi is a...
- A
velificans,
perhaps Aura, Las
Incantadas from the
agora of
Thessalonica (first half of the
second century AD), Paris,
Louvre MA 1393....
- Roman-era
bronze statuette of
Selene velificans or Nyx (Night) (Getty Villa)....
