Just relooking at the nymph on the right hand side standing in blue water, someone recently asked why she would be in blue water and not green like the rest. The green water indicates mineralization, in this case salt. Compare with a current satellite photo, it is sort of reverse coloured, you can see the green area to the far right that corresponds with her location.
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In my interpretation, she is on the east side of the Black Sea, so would likely represent Colchis, an ancient Kingdom known for the golden fleece.
Why would she be in blue water? Because it is fresh water from the river, and lake that used to be there. The lake was mentioned by Strabo. Note the tube she has her hand on, this signifies a navigable river, this would be the Phasis or modern Rioni. The fact that it is vertical means it rises, likely flooding the area at times. The whole area is a valley that would have a lot of runoff from the surrounding Caucasus mountains. The valley fits in the blue area where the nymph stands.
What's more is that the nymph herself might have a name, and that is Asia. The Phasis river was considered a boundary between Europe and Asia by many ancient geographers. However Asia was also the name of an Oceanid, her father was Oceanus, whose parents were Uranus (the sky) and Gaia (the earth), and was father to all the rivers and seas. Oceanus was thought to be the encircling sea of old maps, but also thought of as the Black Sea by the ancient Greeks. Asia's son or husband (accounts vary) Prometheus was said to be the one who gave fire to early humans (and was punished for it). His son was Deucalion who married Pyrrha, they repopulated the earth after the flood. Again we have origin and flood concepts that tie in with the area shown, and again a notable water-carved geographic anomaly (the example i am thinking of is the fish nymph relation to geography near the Red Sea on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )
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In my interpretation, she is on the east side of the Black Sea, so would likely represent Colchis, an ancient Kingdom known for the golden fleece.
Why would she be in blue water? Because it is fresh water from the river, and lake that used to be there. The lake was mentioned by Strabo. Note the tube she has her hand on, this signifies a navigable river, this would be the Phasis or modern Rioni. The fact that it is vertical means it rises, likely flooding the area at times. The whole area is a valley that would have a lot of runoff from the surrounding Caucasus mountains. The valley fits in the blue area where the nymph stands.
What's more is that the nymph herself might have a name, and that is Asia. The Phasis river was considered a boundary between Europe and Asia by many ancient geographers. However Asia was also the name of an Oceanid, her father was Oceanus, whose parents were Uranus (the sky) and Gaia (the earth), and was father to all the rivers and seas. Oceanus was thought to be the encircling sea of old maps, but also thought of as the Black Sea by the ancient Greeks. Asia's son or husband (accounts vary) Prometheus was said to be the one who gave fire to early humans (and was punished for it). His son was Deucalion who married Pyrrha, they repopulated the earth after the flood. Again we have origin and flood concepts that tie in with the area shown, and again a notable water-carved geographic anomaly (the example i am thinking of is the fish nymph relation to geography near the Red Sea on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )