The law of symmetry primarily determines the arrangement of the scenes. This is most clearly observed in the two Polyphemus scenes, which tell the story of the hulking, one-eyed Cyclops who falls in love with the Nereid Galatea and who, filled with jealous rage, finally crushes Galatea's lover, Acis, with a boulder.
The images found above the Polyphemus scenes - The Abduction of Ganymede over one and Apollo any Hyacinth over the other - allude to the fact that the loves of the gods also extended to their own gender.
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