ICONOGRAFIA OPERISTICA ITALIANA: Admeto ed Alceste

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Alceste relief

from the sarcophagus of C. Junius Euhodus and his wife Metilia Acte, priestess of the Magna Mater (Ostia).

Alceste bids farewell to Admeto and her two children (center).

The faces are thought to be portraits of the deceased.

On the right Proserpina and Hades look on as Ercole brings from the Underworld a veiled woman to Admeto. Inscription. 2nd century CE.
Vatican Museum, Rome. Credits: Ann Raia, 2005
Keywords: sculpture; women; drama; myth; funeral; religion