Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion, Antonine, mid-2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Overall: 19 1/4 x 78 1/4 x 21 in. (48.9 x 198.8 x 53.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, Found on the Via Ardeatina, on the outskirts of Rome. The myth of Endymion, a beautiful shepherd who was so loved by the moon goddess Selene that she gave him eternal youth with eternal sleep, became a popular funerary motif in Roman art
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Marble sarcophagus, myth, Endymion, Antonine, mid-2nd century .D, Roman, Marble, Overall, 19 1/4 x 78 21, 48.9 198.8 53.3 cm, Stone Sculpture, Via Ardeatina, outskirts, Rome, beautiful shepherd, loved, moon goddess Selene, gave, eternal youth, sleep, popular funerary, motif, Roman art
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