Tamiri, Orpheus and the Rocky Arch

Authors

  • Luigi Todisco Università di Bari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/ostraka.v32.749

Keywords:

rocky arch, Orpheus, Tamyris, Sicilian-Italian vase-painting

Abstract

This note highlights the presence of a rocky arch in the scene depicting the myth of Tamyris blinding on a krater of southern Italy. This iconographic element is also present on other vases depicting the killing of Orpheus and may have had a symbolic role connected to the relationship of music with the afterlife.

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Published

2023-12-01

Issue

Vol. 32 (2023)

Section

Articoli, saggi e contributi

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