In ore leonis, a metaphor for death

Ersilia Lopes,

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Abstract

This article recalls the attention on a sarcophagus relief in rome at the entrance of the Palazzo san Gallo-Medici-Clarelli in Via Giulia. The frieze shows hunting scenes, whose clou is the lioness attack.

The sarcophagus can be attributed to a roman workshop, linked to neo Attic world; a series of comparisons with other contemporary sarcophagi and the features of the deceased man lead to a date between 268-270 AD.