Red jasper ring stone

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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.

Red jasper ring stone, Jasper, red, Roman

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Red jasper ring stone, Jasper, red, Roman
Red jasper ring stone, Jasper, red, Roman
Red jasper ring stone, Jasper, red, Roman

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