Melpomene (in Greek melpein means to sing) Muse of tragedy, - Lot 160

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Melpomene (in Greek melpein means to sing) Muse of tragedy, - Lot 160
Melpomene (in Greek melpein means to sing) Muse of tragedy, daughter of Zeus, Roman style bronze after a Greek model, naked, holding a theatrical mask, sitting on a wine amphora, allegory to underline that Bacchus, the god of celebrations and inventor of the vine, was nicknamed "Melpomenos", "the singing". Melpomenos "the singing" name under which the Athenians honored him honored him as the protector of the theaters. H :approx 8cm.
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