Sarcophagus for a cultured man – II

            The front side is decorated  by a relief of a colonnade of three  Corinthian columns supporting a row of two arches. The lid is shaped as a roof whit corner acroteria and a rosetta decorating the tympanum.
Inside the two archways two Muses. To left, Melpomene, the tragedy's Muse, is represented holding a tragic mask and putting on cothurni (kothornoi), the high-soled shoes used by the later tragedy actors, to left, the comedy's Muse, Talia, with a comic mask.

Marble sarcophagus
3rd century AD
Selçuk, TR, Ephesus-Museum

   

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Taken on: September 2, 2018

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Ionia

Museo

Distretto di Selçuk

İzmir

Thalia

Sarcofago delle Muse

Muses Sarcophagus

Melpomone

Roman Sarcophagus

Sarcofago Romano

Muses

Muse

Theater

Teatro

theatre mask

maschera di teatro

Tragic mask

Comic Mask

Maschera tragica

Roman sculpture

scultura Romana

Roman art

Arte Romana

Roman Empire

Impero Romano « less

Sets appears in: • Theatrical Performances • Roman Funerary Art more » • Turkey - Ephesus, Site & Museum « less

Groups appears in: • Roman Empire • The Ancient World more » • Chiron, CC images of the Classical World • World Archaeology & Arts/ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ&ΤΕΧΝΕΣ-Rea • Ancient Greek and Roman Art • Heritage Key • Ancient Rome Empire • Photos at the Museum • Grave Matter • ANCIENT WORLD « less

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