Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Agamemnon / With other figures
Ajax the Great / With other figures
Ajax the Lesser / With other figures
Briseis / With other figures
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Death of Patroclus / Achilles sacrificing Trojan prisoners at the tomb of Patroclus
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Death of Patroclus / Patroclus as a shade

Further details

From left to right: Briseis, Agamemnon, Achilles slaying a prisoner, the shade of Patroclus and the two Ajax (son of Telamon and son of Oileus) with other prisoners

Artist or creator

Etruscan

Date

4th century BC

Location

Orvieto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto (Found at Torre San Severo)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

E. Galli, 'The Etruscan Sarcophagus of Torre San Severo in Orvieto', Art and Archaeology, VI, 5 (November 1917), pp.229-34

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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