Relationship To Humans
Left: Vase from a Mycenaean Greek cemetery at Prosymna, Argos, grave 2, circa 1500 BCECentre: Moche Octopus (200 AD), Larco Museum Collection, Lima, Peru
On the right is an ancient Greek black-figure amphora, 530–520 BC; on the left is a hoplite with an octopus image on his shield. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany
Ancient peoples of the Mediterranean were aware of the octopus, as evidenced by certain artworks and designs of prehistory. For example, a stone carving found in the archaeological recovery from Bronze Age Minoan Crete at Knossos has a depiction of a fisherman carrying an octopus.
Octopuses were often depicted in the art of the Moche people of ancient Peru, who worshipped the sea and its animals.
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