THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Polynices
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Long panel of an Attic sarcophagus with scene “The Seven against Thebes setting out from Argos”.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE (Age of the Antonines).
Inv. No. S-763/782.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
The duel between Eteocles and Polynices.
From Vulci, François Tomb.
Rome, Torlonia Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Etruscan cinerary urn.
Polychrome terracotta.
First half of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 16267.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Mortal duel between Eteocles and Polynices.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster.
Late 3rd—early 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 19016.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Etruscan cinerary urn.
Terracotta. 2nd century BCE.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.
6. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
The duel between Eteocles and Polynices. (Variant: Death of Patroclus.)
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 28136.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.