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Muses playing

Funerary altar in Pentelic marble found at km 22 on the via Nomentana. On the left side and the left-hand of the front are Muses playing music and dancing. On the right are Aglaurids, Athenian heroic women who produced music simply by walking. End of the 1st century BC. National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo (inv. 125702).

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Uploaded on August 9, 2010
Taken on May 22, 2010