Pair of altars. Death of Adonis. Detail: Women with musical instruments. (Updated over a year ago)

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GREEK CLASSIC Anonymous (480 BCE-323 BCE): Adonis the lover of Aphrodite was killed in a hunting accident. Zeus grants him immortality but Adonis must split his time between the underworld with Persephone and on earth with Aphrodite. Small terracotta altars were used for private worship; they were particularly popular in the Greek colonies in southern Italy and Sicily.

Tags: ancient , greek , greek classic , sculpture

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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