Red jasper ring stone

Unknown

ca. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE · Jasper, red · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE

Medium

Jasper, red

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of John Taylor Johnston, 1881