#ANDRONE hashtag - Bluesky

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5 months ago

GARLAND SARCOPHAGUS WITH EROTES, 125-140 CE. PALAZZO MATTEI DI GIOVE From the vast Mattei collection of sarcophagus fronts comes this finely-carved specimen with three Erotes holding up two garlands laden with autumn fruit. But there's something strange about it: the two scenes above the curves of the garlands seem to have nothing to do with each other. At left is a very delicate relief of Œdipus and the sphinx, the former attended by a servant. At right, the scene is of the lovestruck Cyclops Polyphemus trying to win over the uninterested Nereid Galatea by offering her a sheep, which, dude, come on.

For #SarcophagusSaturday, what does the story of #Oedipus and the #Sphinx have to do with the story of #Polyphemus and #Galatea? As far as I can tell, nothing! But both stories appear on this #sarcophagus front in the #androne of #PalazzoMattei di #Giove in #Rome. #AncientBluesky 🏺