pan (pan copulating with a she-goat and etc) created by anonymous artist and unknown artist
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The god Pan having sex with a goat, statue from Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum. About 2nd–1st century BC.

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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license ( CC BY 2.5 ). Photo credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons (2011).

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  • Cetaceaphile said:
    Very good condition for the age of it :L

    Volcanic ash floes from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 preserved it better than almost anything else could have.

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  • Charpentier said:
    "What's your sign?
    Let me guess:
    'Capricorn'?

    During the time this was made Capricorn was represented by a sea-monster actually. Which is probably more accurate, goats act nothing like the Capricorn "Archtype".

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  • When this was discovered in the Bourbon excavations, it was discreetly locked away and not shown to the general public. Its existence was denied.

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