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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10364307, member: 5833&quot;][ATTACH=full]521463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It has more what I call &quot;mythologic&quot; if the standing figure is Ganymede, and I now think, comparing the 2 heads, that what gives the appearance of Hermes&#039; <i>petasos</i>, cap, is just hair with a laurel wreath, as it is on the seated figure, who is definitely Zeus/Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other elements still confuse me.&nbsp; It would be usual for an eagle to be in front of Zeus, but this looks more like a chicken with the head cut off.&nbsp; The bird associated with Hermes/Mercury is a cock/rooster.&nbsp; It is still possible that what we see on the arm of the standing figure that is not in the act&nbsp; of pouring is a cloak wound around the hand &amp; hanging down.&nbsp; That leaves what still strikes me as a stylized caduceus more than anything.&nbsp; In its time it was no doubt the conventional representation of something, readily recognizable to viewers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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