The creation of man by Prometeus
Item
- Title
- The creation of man by Prometeus
- Description
- “Prometeus, seated, is intent on observing his creature; the man, still a motionless clay puppet, stiffly lying at his feet, is surrounded by the greatest deities of the Greek pantheon. In a pre-eminent position there are Hera and Zeus in the act of giving Hermes the money with which to redeem the life of man from the Hades. Next to Hermes there is Poseidon with his trident; in the two upper corners, the chariot of Selene and the chariot of Apollo between Zeus and the man; finally, the Erotes induce Psyche, the soul, to give birth to the first human being.”
- Identifier
- Promethean_Iconography_9
- Creator
- Unknown Roman workshop
- Date
- circa 300s C.E.
- Spatial Coverage
- Pozzuoli (inhabited place) See all items with this value
- Format
- funerary sculpture
- Type
- sarcophagi (coffins) See all items with this value
- Roman (ancient Italian culture or period) See all items with this value
- Subject
- Prometheus (Greek deity)
- Hera (greek deity)
- Zeus (Greek deity)
- Hermes (Greek deity)
- Poseidon (Greek deity)
- Artemis (Greek deity)
- Apollo (Greco-Roman deity)
- Roman iconography
- Creation of Man
- Rights
- Unknown
- Item sets
- Promethean Iconography
