Red jasper ring stone ca. 1st century –3rd century Roman Serpent carries off the child OpheltesThe story of Opheltes of Nemea in the Peloponnese, who was put in charge of Hypistyle, the banished daughter of king Thoas of Lemnos, and who was killed by a dragon while he was left alone for a short while, is the subject of a tragedy named Hypistyle by the Classical Greek playright Red jasper ring stone. Roman. ca. 1st century –3rd century Jasper, red. Late Republican or Imperial. Gems

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