Red jasper ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, ca. 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D., Roman, Jasper, red, Length: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm), Gems, Serpent carries off the child Opheltes The story of Opheltes of Nemea in the Peloponnese, who was put in charge of Hypistyle, the banished daughter of king Thoas of Lemnos, and who was killed by a dragon while he was left alone for a short while, is the subject of a tragedy named Hypistyle by the Classical Greek playright Euripides
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Red jasper ring stone, Late Republican, Imperial, ca, 1st century B.C.–3rd .D, Roman, Jasper, red, Length, 5/8, 1.6 cm, Gems, Serpent carries, off, child Opheltes, story, Opheltes, Nemea, Peloponnese, charge, Hypistyle, banished daughter, king Thoas, Lemnos, killed, dragon, left alone, short, subject, tragedy, Classical Greek, playright, Euripides
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