An ancient marble altar shows a soldier fighting against giant snakes have been found by villagers near the River Akcay, Turkey.According to archaeologists this altar may have come from the 2nd century AD when the Roman Empire controlled the area.
According to archeology, is difficult to manafsirkan carvings on the altar. They think this is the carved images of child Hercules named Bargasos, battling the giant snake river god named Harpasos. To whom the altar is dedicated. At the time of creation of the altar, known as the River Akcay River Harpasos.
Altar as high as 2 feet (0.61 meters) and a width of 1.5 feet (0.45 meters) reads, "according to (command in) a dream, Flavius Ouliades set this to the (river) Harpasos god" (in Greek). This inscription is now in the Museum Aydin, Turkey.
"His dedication shows that Flavius Ouliades, the man who created the alter, have a strong confidence to the gods of the river," said the archaeologist. "As a result of communication with the river god Harpasos in a dream, Flavius Ouliades asked to dedicate an altar," wrote Hasan Malay, a professor at Ege University, Turkey and Funda Ertugrul Aydin an archaeologist from the Museum in an article published in the journal Epigraphica Anatolica.
"Ouliades may have promised to dedicate an altar if the river god answered her prayers for a good harvest or protection for himself or animals or from flooding or fallen from the steep slopes or cure of a disease," wrote the Malay and Ertugrul.
Mystical battle
Soldiers naked man found in the altar wearing a helmet and holding a knife in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. In the bottom right corner of the image looks a curved serpent with many heads. The mythical beast known as Hydra.
In ancient mythology, the god Hercules battling the Hydra disebuah snake swamp region of Greece known as Lerna. After Hercules managed to kill the giant snakes, swamps can be drained and cultivated with things that are useful.
But researchers said the soldier altar is not Hercules. Instead they say maybe it Barbagos that in ancient mythology is the son of Hercules from a woman named Barge. An ancient city in Turkey named Bargasa respect the child.
In ancient mythology, the battle depicted on the altar that may have led to the creation of a river god Harpasos, the researchers said. "Valley Harpasos with a sandy area where a lot of weapons found in the River Harpasos is comparable to Lerna", wrote the Malay and Ertugrul.
"The scene above meztah be a reference for us from a local mythical story about the struggle against the river Bargasos plagued many weapons. After the warriors defeated giant snake, the river turned into a highly profitable," wrote the Malay and Ertugrul.
Source: LiveScience
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