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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Troy >> Çannakale area - Troy museum >> Polyxena Sarcophagus > Canakkale Polyxena Sarcophagus Poliksena Lahiti May 2014 8044.jpg
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25-May-2014 Dick Osseman

Canakkale Polyxena Sarcophagus Poliksena Lahiti May 2014 8044.jpg

Short side: Polyxena’s mother Hecuba squats under a leafless tree and mourns her daughter.

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ergun 25-Mar-2015 03:15
the leafless tree, actually a dead tree, may signify death, perhaps. For we see it on the Greco Persian sarcophagus as well
ergun geyikdagi 21-Mar-2015 18:17
Hecuba, the mother of Polyxena, obviously distressed and not looking