▁a ▁similar ▁tale ▁of ▁re pt ilian ▁pat ern ity ▁was ▁told ". ▁ ▁Sc ene ▁ 2 ▁ ▁Inter pret ations ▁include : ▁ ▁A ▁div in atory ▁dream ▁by ▁H ec uba ▁that ▁the ▁Jud g ement ▁of ▁Paris ▁would ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁T roy ▁ ▁Ari ad ne ▁l angu ishing ▁on ▁N ax os ▁ ▁The ▁woman ▁l angu ishing ▁is ▁Oct avia ▁Minor , ▁abandoned ▁by ▁Mark ▁Anton y , ▁between ▁her ▁brother ▁August us ▁( left , ▁as ▁a ▁god , ▁as ▁on ▁the ▁contemporary ▁S word ▁of ▁T iber ius ) ▁and ▁Ven us ▁Gen et rix , ▁the ▁ancest or ▁of ▁August us ▁and ▁Oct avia ' s ▁Julian ▁gens . ▁ ▁Oct av ian ▁theory ▁ ▁Another ▁variant ▁theory ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁v ase ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁circa ▁ 3 2 ▁BC , ▁and ▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Oct av ian ▁( l ater ▁Ca esar ▁August us ), ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁promote ▁his ▁case ▁against ▁his ▁fellow - cons uls , ▁Mark ▁Anton y ▁and ▁Marcus ▁Le pid us ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Julius ▁Ca esar . ▁It ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁skill ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁Greek ▁car ver ▁of ▁eng ra ved ▁g ems ▁Dios k our ides , ▁who ▁is ▁recorded ▁as ▁active ▁and ▁at ▁his ▁peak ▁circa ▁ 4 0 – 1 5 ▁BC ▁and ▁three ▁of ▁whose ▁attributed ▁came os ▁bear ▁a ▁close ▁res embl ance ▁in ▁line ▁and ▁quality ▁to ▁the ▁Port