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ATHENS BYZANTINE MUSEUM Sculptural group showing Orpheus

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Sculptural group showing Orpheus. Orpheus, seated on a tree trunk, is playing the lyre, with wild and tame animals forming a perforated crown around him. On the base a lion mangles an antilope. Probably a funerary stele, symbolising Christ gathering his followers. Dated in the 4th century.

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