Prometheus' Sarcophagus – III
This detail of the sarcophagus of Prometheus shows the Titan absorbed, sitting at the head of the first man just formed, in whom life, the soul, has not yet been infused. And even though Eros and a Cupid push and force Psyche, the soul, she does not want to enter that body with pleasure,
White marble sarcophagus with high relief depictions
Early IV century AD
From Puteoli,
Naples, National Archaeological Museum – Inv. no. 6705
Prometheus' Sarcophagus – III
This detail of the sarcophagus of Prometheus shows the Titan absorbed, sitting at the head of the first man just formed, in whom life, the soul, has not yet been infused. And even though Eros and a Cupid push and force Psyche, the soul, she does not want to enter that body with pleasure,
White marble sarcophagus with high relief depictions
Early IV century AD
From Puteoli,
Naples, National Archaeological Museum – Inv. no. 6705