The barn owl, sacred bird of Athena-Minerva, protects the Telegenii, warding off the evil designs of envious rivals. Made in the late IIIrd century in the Baths of the Barn Owl in Thysdrus (El Jem); now in the museum at El Jem, Tunsia; Landscape

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The barn owl, sacred bird of Athena-Minerva, protects the Telegenii, warding off the evil designs of envious rivals. Made in ...