Relief depicting Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice

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Authors:	Phidias' school
Title:	Relief depicting Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice
Start date:	-500
End date:	-401
Historical Period:	1st millennium B.C.
Description:	Relief depicting Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice. It depicts the moment at which Orpheus, having struck a deal with Hades to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld, has turned around to look at his wife and thereby loses her forever. The relief was discovered in Villa Sora (Torre del Greco), near Naples in the 17th century.
Place:	Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli, Italy
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	UNIBO Europeana Archaeology
Physical type:	reliefs (sculptures)
Material and technique:	relief (sculpture techniques)
Data provider:	University of Bologna
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART