Name:	Hermes, Eurydike and Orpheus
Picture:
Description:	Roman Imperial copy of Greek original. Naples, Museo Nazionale. H. 1.18m. The inscription on the frieze ('Zethos, Antipa, Amphion') does not match the figures. From the left: Hermes, in chiton, traveller's cloak, ankle boots and petasos, moves from the left holding the wrist of Eurydike. She wears a peplos, her himation drawn over her head as a veil. Her right hand is brushing Hermes' hand, and holds a length of her draperies; her left hand is raised to touch the shoulder of Orpheus to her right. He wears knee-length boots, a chiton and a long cloak, and a Scythian round-helmet. In his left hand he holds a lyre. His right hand is raised to touch Eurydike's veil.
Date:	c. 425 B.C.
Discussion:	The story of Orpheus and Eurydike is well-known, and this is a bitter-sweet rendering of the myth, Orpheus turning back too soon to catch a glimpse of his lost love, and her gesture of sorrow as she must leave him for the second time to return to Hades. See Robertson 1981: fig. 184, p. 135.