Orestes Killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra

This is a sarcophagus panel depicting a scene from the Greek epos: Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra and Aegisthus in revenge for the death of his father, King Agamemnon. Acquired in Rome in 1869.本件藏品为石棺饰板，其上描绘希腊史诗中的一幕场景：俄瑞斯忒斯（Orestes）为替父、国王阿伽门农（Agamemnon）复仇，诛杀生母克吕泰涅斯特拉（Clytemnestra）与埃癸斯托斯（Aegisthus）。该藏品于1869年在罗马征集所得。