English: Greek applique with a nude swordman. Made in Lakonia (Sparta). Bronze, 550-525 BC. Getty Villa, Museum. Drawing his sword from its scabbard, this nude figure is probably the hero Orestes He strides forward to kill his mother. Clytemnestra, stepping over the leg of her lover, Aigisthos, whom he has lust slain. The applique was originally part of a relief decorating a furniture piece
This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 23 May 2009, 11:55 by Dorieo. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated.
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
