Fragment of a sarcophagus
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Fragment of a sarcophagus
Published 2018-05-29T11:38:44+00:00
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Orestes was the son of king Agamemnon and queen Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father returned from Troy and got killed by Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover. On reaching manhood, Orestes avenged his father by killing both his mother and Aegisthus. This relief depicts a part of the story and used to be on a sarcophagus.
Technical Information
| Date published | 29/05/2018 |
| Dimensions | 130mm x 9.09mm x 60.02mm |
| Complexity | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Fragment of a sarcophagus |
| Date | 3rd century AD |
| Accession | 2005/039 |
| Period | Roman |
| Record | https://www.museumflorence.com/ |
| Place | Grande Museo del Duomo |
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