Cinerary urn tomb Sentinate Cumere, Hippolytus
Urna cineraria tomba Sentinate Cumere, morte di Ippolito
An alabaster urn from Sarteano, dated 200–175 B.C. Shown in low relief on the body is the death of the young Hippolytus: this episode of the Greek myth was of great interest in Chiusi, where urns with this subject began to be produced in the 3rd century B.C. The viewer's attention is directed toward the traumatic nature of the sudden event. In all depictions the rearing and overturned chariot is shown, while the horses that pulled it flee in all directions, frightened by the arrival of the bull.
An alabaster urn from Sarteano, dated 200–175 B.C. Shown in low relief on the body is the death of the young Hippolytus: this episode of the Greek myth was of great interest in Chiusi, where urns with this subject began to be produced in the 3rd century B.C. The viewer's attention is directed toward the traumatic nature of the sudden event. In all depictions the rearing and overturned chariot is shown, while the horses that pulled it flee in all directions, frightened by the arrival of the bull.
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