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| Keywords: Roman - Sarcophagus Depicting Castor and Pollux Seizing the Daughters of Leucippus - Walters 2332 - Right Side.jpg Depicted in high relief the twins Castor and Pollux known as the Dioscuri sons of Zeus abducted and later married the daughters of King Leucippus Here the brothers seize the maidens amid a scene of confusion On the ends the Dioscuri carry off the women in their chariots The Romans believed that the abduction of these mortal women by the twins represented the transition of the deceased from the human realm to that of the divine immortals The violence of the front scene is echoed by the figures on the lid where Victories sacrifice bulls on either side of a vase-like cult object Large satyr heads flank the scene as they do on several of the other sarcophagi displayed here ca 160 Imperial Proconnesian marble overall cm 111 1 217 8 105 4 ; lid cm 105 220 35 accession number 23 32 37126 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
