Fragment of a limestone relief with enthroned couple 4th–3rd century Greek, South Italian, Tarentine The scene comprised of three fragments may symbolize the journey of the deceased to the Underworld. To the left, , are Hades and Persephone enthroned; at center, , the standing figure may be Orpheus, and to the right, , Hermes, who conducted the souls of the dead to Hades, takes the hand of a woman dressed in a chiton, with her himation (cloak) pulled over her head and around her waist. She stands in front of a cave-like opening that represents the entrance to t
Fragment of a limestone relief with enthroned couple 4th–3rd century Greek, South Italian, Tarentine The scene comprised of three fragments may symbolize the journey of the deceased to the Underworld. To the left, , are Hades and Persephone enthroned; at center, , the standing figure may be Orpheus, and to the right, , Hermes, who conducted the souls of the dead to Hades, takes the hand of a woman dressed in a chiton, with her himation (cloak) pulled over her head and around her waist. She stands in front of a cave-like opening that represents the entrance to the Underworld. Such reliefs are known to have been popular on funerary monuments at Fragment of a limestone relief with enthroned couple 256252
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