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Le 25.09.2011 21:47, Jean Fontaine a écrit :
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A variation of the Nile crocodile as an attribute of Egypt or Africa
is the alligator or the cayman as an attribute of America. See :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Commande#Les_quatre_parties_du_monde
The original of this statue of America, located at Versailles, was
made in 1675-1679. The crocodile-looking "alligator" is said to
symbolize the new colony of Louisiana. There's one problem : the
French didn't explore the delta and Louisiana wasn't founded until
1682...
JF
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Althought, on the Temple of Hadrian at Campus Martius, the province of
Egypt is personnified by a woman holding a pomegranate and, seemingly,
an olive tree branch (but it could be a plam too), the crocodile
(Sobek/Suchos) is always associated with Egypt in the Nile mosaics
(Palestrina f.i.)
We know also a sesterce figuring emperor Caracalla trampling a crocodile
in front of Isis:
http://www.fredericweber.com/articl_dieux/caracalla_sester_isis.jpg
Atb
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