Pompeii_-_Casa_dei_Vettii_-_Pentheus.jpg


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English: Pentheus being torn by maenads. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii (VI 15,1) in Pompeii.
Deutsch: Pentheus wird von Mänaden zerrissen. Römisches Fresko von der Nordwand des Tricliniums in der Casa dei Vettii (VI 15,1) in Pompeji.
Date
Source Marisa Ranieri Panetta (ed.): Pompeji. Geschichte, Kunst und Leben in der versunkenen Stadt. Belser, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7630-2266-X , p. 366
Author WolfgangRieger

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Pentheus being torn by maenads. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii

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