Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Philoctetes and the serpent
- Title:
- Philoctetes and the serpent
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- ID Number:
- GI_13_088
- Accession Number:
- 13_3_0299
- Winckelmann No.:
- 299
- Berlin Catalog No.:
- 311
- Inventory No.:
- FG 528
- File Name:
- GI_13_088.jpg
- Stosch Category:
- Category 3 Section 3: The Trojan War
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- sardonyx
sardonyx
- Subject:
- Philoctetes (Greek mythology)
Serpents
Altars
Jason (Mythological character)
Bites and stings
- Description:
- Philoctetes is either being bitten or about ot be bitten by a serpent during his expedition to retrieve an altar for Jason. Philoctetes is holding a bow in his left hand, and his back is bent and his head is down, in the attitude of one searching for something. His right hand is reaching out toward the altar, at the base of which, the serpent is lying, ready to bite his foot.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.
