Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Ceres / Worship / Mysteries of Eleusis
Hercules / Myths / Exploits / Hercules initiated in the Mysteries of Eleusis / Cycles / Rome, Museo Nazionale, Funerary Urn
Hercules / Myths / Exploits / Hercules initiated in the Mysteries of Eleusis / Ceres enthroned, Iacchus touching the head of a snake on her throne
Triptolemus / With other deities / Ceres
Triptolemus / With other deities / Proserpina
Triptolemus / And the Eleusinian Mysteries

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Death / Funerary monuments / Urns

Further details

Artist or creator

Graeco-Roman after
Alexandria

Date

1st century BC (second half) - 1st century (first half) after a late Hellenistic model

Location

Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano, Collegio Massimo (inv. 11301)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

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

Contact

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