Apollo, Diana and the urn of Orestes
Marble. Age of Claudius.
Rome, Villa Medici
Apollo, Diana and the urn of Orestes.
Marble. Age of Claudius.
Rome, Villa Medici.
Description:
It shows in the background the temple of Saturnus; in front of it a big and richly decorated hydria, apparently the urn of Orestes; and at both sides Apollo and Diana, the tutelary gods of the mythical hero.
Literature:
M. Cagiano de Azevedo, Le antiquità di Villa Medici, 1951, No. 13.
K. Fittschen, JdI 91 (1976), p. 192 n. 76.
E. Simon, WürzbJbAlt 5 (1979), p. 264 f.
LIMC II, 413, No. 358 s.v. Apollon/Apollo; ibid. 830, No. 276 s.v. Artemis/Diana (E. Simon).
T. Hölscher. «Augustus and Orestes». Travaux du Centre d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Académie Polonaise des sciences. Tome 30. Etudes et travaux XV (1990), pp. 165—166.
K. Fittschen, JdI 91 (1976), p. 192 n. 76.
E. Simon, WürzbJbAlt 5 (1979), p. 264 f.
LIMC II, 413, No. 358 s.v. Apollon/Apollo; ibid. 830, No. 276 s.v. Artemis/Diana (E. Simon).
T. Hölscher. «Augustus and Orestes». Travaux du Centre d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Académie Polonaise des sciences. Tome 30. Etudes et travaux XV (1990), pp. 165—
Credits:
© 2009. Photo, text: T. Hölscher. «Augustus and Orestes». Travaux du Centre d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Académie Polonaise des sciences. Tome 30. Etudes et travaux XV (1990), p. 165—166.
