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Sarcophagus of the Oresteia. Detail. Middle 2nd century AD. Reliefs depicting the revenge of Orestes: the death of Clytemnestra and the traitor Aegisthus, the arrival of the hero at Delphi and his appearance before the Athenian court at the Areopagus, where he will be acquitted. Marble. From Husillos (Palencia province, Castile and Leon, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Sarcophagus of the Oresteia. Detail. Middle 2nd century AD. Reliefs depicting the revenge of Orestes: the death of Clytemnestra and the traitor Aegisthus, the arrival of the hero at Delphi and his appearance before the Athenian court at the Areopagus, where he will be acquitted. Marble. From Husillos (Palencia province, Castile and Leon, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Sarcophagus of the Oresteia. Detail. Middle 2nd century AD. Reliefs depicting the revenge of Orestes: the death of Clytemnestra and the traitor Aegisthus, the arrival of the hero at Delphi and his appearance before the Athenian court at the Areopagus, where he will be acquitted. Marble. From Husillos (Palencia province, Castile and Leon, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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38.5 x 22.9 cm | 15.2 x 9.0 in (300 dpi)
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2ND CENTURY A. D. 2ND CENTURY AD 2ND CENTURY ACQUITTED AEGISTHUS ANCIENT AGE ANCIENT ROMANS ANCIENT ROME ANCIENT WORLD ANTIGUEDAD ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITY APPARITION APPEARANCE ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY AREOPAGUS ARRIVAL ART ARTS ATHENIAN BAS-RELIEF BETRAYAL CASTILE AND LEON CASTILE CASTILLA Y LEON CASTILLA-LEON CHARACTER CHARACTERS CHEATING CLYTEMNESTRA COFFIN COMMUNITY OF MADRID COURT ROOM (LEGAL) COURT ROOM COURTHOUSE CULT DEAD DEATH DECEASED DECEIT DECEPTION DELFOS DELPHI DETAIL DISAPPOINTMENT DRAMA, GREEK ELDERLY PERSON ELDERLY EMBOSSED EPISODE EUROPA EUROPE EUROPEA EUROPEAN FIGURE FIGURES FIGURINE FRAUD FUNERARY GRAVE GREEK DRAMA HALF HERO HISPANIA HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORY HUSILLOS LAW COURT LEGEND LIE LIES = LYING (FALSEHOOD) LIES LYING (FALSEHOOD) LYING MADRID MARBLE MARBRE MID MIDDLE MUSEUM MUSEUMS MYTH MYTHOLOGIC MYTHOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OLD AGE OLD ERA OLD MAN ORESTEIA ORESTES ORESTIADA PALENCIA PROVINCE PERSONAJE PERSONALITY PIECE RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE REVENGE RITE RITUAL ROMAN ROMANO ROMANS ROME ANCIENT S. II SARCOFAGO SARCOPHAGUS OF THE ORESTEIA SARCOPHAGUS SCENE SCULPTED SCULPTURE SECOND CENTURY A. D. SEPULCHER SÉPULCRE SPAIN STAGE STATUETTE SWINDLE THEATER THEATRE TOMB TRAGEDY TRAGIC TRAGICAL TRAITOR TREASON VENGEANCE WATER