La stele di Orfeo. Il monumento funerario in marmo di età imperiale da Poetovio (Ptuj, Slovenia)

Abstract

Ceci, Krauze-Kołodziej, and Nestorović present a detailed study of a well-known Roman grave monument from Poetovio (Ptuj) representing a central scene of the Orpheus myth in the main relief. The historical tradition of the monument is extensively documented, and its type and composition as well as the depictions in their symbolic value and the inscription on it are discussed in the context of the funeral culture of the imperial period.