Hermes, Eurydice, and Orpheus 5th c. BCE

As Orpheus turns around, Hermes grabs Eurydice by the hand, dragging her back into the underworld.

 

Hermes, Eurydice, and Orpheus. Relief. Roman copy of the Augustan age from a Greek original of the second half of 5th cent. BCE by Alcamenes, disciple of Phidias. Marble. Inv. No. 6727. Naples, National Archaeological Museum.

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http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=5603

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