Sarcophagus, c. 100–125 CE

Sarcophagus

c. 100–125 CE · Sculpture

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Gdzie jest teraz „Sarcophagus”? Cleveland Museum of Art, 103 Roman, Cleveland. Tak, teraz na wystawie. Sprawdzono 2 listopada 2026.

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Orestes appears three times on this sarcophagus of about 100–125 CE at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland. Each time he carries a short sword. The central scenes show him above his murdered mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus, whom he killed to avenge his father Agamemnon. Three Furies rest on Agamemnon’s tomb at left. At right, Orestes seeks atonement at Apollo’s sanctuary in Delphi, identified by a rock and tripod. Four reclining women on the lid personify the seasons, proceeding from winter to autumn when read from right to left. On view in gallery 103.

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The tragic figure Orestes appears three times on the front of this sarcophagus, always wielding a short sword. In the center he stands over the body of his mother Clytemnestra, and at center left over the body of her lover Aegisthus. Orestes has killed them both to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, upon his return from years of fighting at Troy. At the far left, three Furies (avenging spirits) rest upon Agamemnon's tomb, while at the far right, Orestes atones for the murders at the Delphian shrine of Apollo, marked by a tripod and rock. On the lid, four reclining women symbolize the seasons, arranged in right-to-left order: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, as indicated by their dress and the contents of their baskets.

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1928.856

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