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Prokne and Itys. Prokne, the daughter of the king of Athens Pandion, is shown preparing to kill her young son, Itys. With this act she aims to take revenge on her husband Tereus, king of Thrace, who dishonored her sister Philomena. Sculpture by Alkamenes, a pupil of Pheidias. Ca. 430 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
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Prokne and Itys. Prokne, the daughter of the king of Athens Pandion, is shown preparing to kill her young son, Itys. With this act she aims to take revenge on her husband Tereus, king of Thrace, who dishonored her sister Philomena. Sculpture by Alkamenes, a pupil of Pheidias. Ca. 430 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2835 x 4836 px | 39.2 MB
Print size:
24.0 x 40.9 cm | 9.4 x 16.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
430 BC • 5TH BCE • 5TH CENTURY B. C. • 5TH-CENTURY BC • ACROPOLIS MUSEUM • ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS • ALKAMENES • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT WORLD • ANCIENT • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ART • ARTS • ATHENIAN • ATHENS • AVENGE • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLASSIC • CLOTHES • CONSPIRÉ • COURSE • CROP • CROPS • CULT • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • DEAD • DRESS • EDUCATION • EUROPA • EUROPE • FIFTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTH CENTURY BC • FOLD DRESS • FOLD • GARMENT • GOWN • GRECO • GREECE • GREEK • GREEKS • HARVEST • HARVESTING • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HUSBAND • INFANTA • ITYS • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • KING • LEGEND • MARBLE • MARBRE • MONARCH • MURDERED • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OLD • PERIOD • PIECE • PLOT • PRINCESS • PROCNE • PROKNE • RELATIONSHIP SISTER-SISTER • REVENGE • RITE • RITUAL • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SISTER • SISTER-IN-LAW • SISTERS • SON • STATUE • STATUES • TEREUS'BANQUET • THRACE • THRACIAN • UMBRELLA • VENGEANCE • VIOLATING • WATER
