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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on tank; oves and darts; pilaster (2, fluted); Eteocles and Polynices; Eteocles (helmet, tunic, cuirass, with lambrequins, belt, chlamys, shield, on, ground, killing); Polynices (tunic, cuirass, half-kneeling, holding, shield, helmet, on, ground); left and right; Fury (2, chiton, short, belt, strap, crossed, endromide, holding, torch) Condition of the work: The object is intact; polychromy well preserved; some chips and wear on the areas in high relief.

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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