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❮ Relief sculpture fragment of the Argonaut expedition ❯
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Sikyonian Treasury metope at Delphi depicting a scene from the Argonaut expedition. 560 BCE.

Orpheus at the prow of Argo along with a musician playing the lyre. One of the shields hanging from gunwales to protect the oarsmen is visible below them, and the Dioscuri disembarking on horseback are on the left. Exhibited at the Delphi Museum, Greece.

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Archaic Argonaut Art Delphi Delphi Museum Metopes Mythology Original Photo Relief Sculpture Treasury
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