Europe on the Bull—This fresco dates to around 20-25 AD, and was discovered in the oecus (banqueting-hall) of the House of Jason in Pompeii in 1878. The painting depicts the abduction of Europe, Agenor’s daughter, by Zeus in the guise of a bull. It is, in this case, a revision of the myth of Europe abducted by Zeus, who, according to the classical image, would have taken the girl by sea to the island of Crete, where they begot Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedonte. The scene takes place against the background of a rocky landscape with trees, shrubs, stepped rocks and a central column with a smooth stem, symbol of sacredness, and an oak tree, sacred to Zeus. The fresco presents a calm and magnificent atmosphere and it seems it derives from a Greek model dating to the end of the fourth century BC.