Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Argonauts, Jason and Medea / Medea kills her children / Alone

SOCIAL LIFE

Theatre / Performance

Further details

Showing theatrical scenes - the lower register could be identified as Medea and her children, but it has been suggested that all adults are male

Artist or creator

Byzantine

Date

6th century

Location

St Petersburg, Hermitage

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

A. Banck, Byzantine Art in the Collections of the USSR, no. 36

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

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

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