Front of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt
Asiatic marble. 160 CE.100 × 240 cm. Inv. No. 79.Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room IIPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Front of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt.
Asiatic marble. 160 CE.
100 × 240 cm.
100 × 240 cm.
Inv. No. 79.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II
(Roma, Museo e Galleria di Villa Borghese, Sala II).
Description:
From left to right: the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, the Erymanthian Boar, the Ceryneian Hind, the Stymphalian Birds.
Literature:
P. Moreno, Ch. Stefani. The Borghese Gallery. Touring Club, Milan. 2015. P. 84—85.
Credits:
© 2017. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Keywords: ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ἡρακλῆς ηρακλής herakles heracles èracle eracle héraclès ρωμαϊκή romana roman römische romaine hercules ercole herkules hercule γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur asia minor κηδεία funeral funerary funeraria funerario begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire σαρκοφάγος σαρκοφάγους sarcophagus sarcophagi sarcofago sarcofagi sarkophag sarkophage sarcophage sarcophages struggle against struggling with the nemean lion first labour alle prese con il leone di nemea in lotta kämpft mit dem nemäischen löwen aux prises avec le de némée asiatic marble relief lid labours of heracle scenes hunt hunting lxxix 79 lernaean hydra erymanthian boar ceryneian hind stymphalian birds fatiche caccia inv no lxxix~
