Prometheus' Sarcophagus – II
The Titan Prometheus portrayed in the center, seated, is intent on observing his creature: the man, still an inert clay puppet, rigidly stretched out at his feet: life, the soul, has not yet been yet infused in his body. 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 – II
The Titan Prometheus portrayed in the center, seated, is intent on observing his creature: the man, still an inert clay puppet, rigidly stretched out at his feet: life, the soul, has not yet been yet infused in his body. 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