Relief depicting Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice. It depicts the moment at which Orpheus, having struck a deal with Hades to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld, has turned around to look at his wife and thereby loses her forever. The relief was discovered in Villa Sora (Torre del Greco), near Naples in the 17th century.

Phidias' school

Relief depicting Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice. It depicts the moment at which Orpheus, having struck a deal with Hades to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld, has turned around to look at his wife and thereby loses her forever. The relief was discovered in Villa Sora (Torre del Greco), near Naples in the 17th century.