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The man in the top right corner is Philip II of Macedon. According to legend, Zeus took to the serpent form and seduced and had coitus with his wife Olimpias and fathered Alexander the Great (or Alessandro Magno in Italian).
This is why Zeus is shown in the half serpent form. The legend also says that Philip caught a glimpse of this and hence one day would ...
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