Further details

[From left to right] Admetus arriving from the hunt; Apollo with a bow in his left hand leaving the house of the dying of Alcestis who is holding hands with perhaps Admetus; Hercules bringing Alcestis from Hades to Admetus, with Cerberus and Fates; Pluto and Proserpina.

Artist or creator

Date

160 - 170

Location

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Dagmar Grassinger, Die mythologischen Sarkophage, vol. 1 (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs 12, 1), Berlin 1999, pp. 227-228, no. 76.

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