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Roman wall-painting representing Alcmaeon killing Eriphyle

Alternatively interpreted as Orestes killing Clytemnestra or even more dubiously, Achilles and Thetis

Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian to Flavian period, 45-79 CE

Pompeian Fourth Style painting

Found at Pompeii (see on Pleiades), House of Siricus (VII 1, 25-33)

 

Photographed on display in the Gallerie d'Italia, Naples

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN)

Inv. 8994

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