Hippocampus Seahorse Miniature - Symbol of God Poseidon Neptune - Power, Water, Helpfulness, Bravery - pure Bronze Sculpture

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 11,5 cm - 4,5 inches
Width: 6,5 cm - 2,6 inches
Length: 4,5 cm - 1,8 inches
Weight: 220 g

HIPPOKAMPOI (Hippocamps) were the fish-tailed horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine-tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often had green scales and fish-fin manes and appendages.
The ancients believed they were the adult-form of the small fish we call the "sea-horse". Hippokampoi were the mounts of Nereid nymphs and sea-gods, and Poseidon drove a chariot drawn by two or four of the creatures.