Orestes and his sister Iphigenia among the Taurians. Roman sarcophagus from about 130-140 AD on display in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Detail: Orestes and Pylades after their arrival in the barbarian country of Tauris (Crimea). The matricide Orestes is tormented by an Erinye (whip and snake) and supported by his friend Pylades. Iphigenia with the stolen cult statue of the Taurian Artemis is depicted in the right.

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