Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia
The frontal panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara ChurchPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.

The frontal panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.

Naples, Santa Chiara Church.

Literature:
Giulio Minervini. Sarcofago con Protesilao e Laodamia in Napoli. Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano. N. XXII, 1844. P. 39-40; N. XXIII, 1844. P. 45-48; N. XLIII, 1845.

Oliverio G., Il sarcofago di Protesilao e Laodamia della chiesa di S. Chiara in Napoli (Cappella Sanfelice Bagnoli), in A. V. Sumbolae Litterariae in honorem Iulii de Petra, Napoli 1911. P. 303-319.
Credits:
© 2012. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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