Question

How did the carver of the metropolitan casket visually echo/parallel the scene of aristotle and the maiden with the scene of pyramus and thisbe?

Answer 1

The carver of the Metropolitan casket visually echoes the scene of Aristotle and the Maiden with the scene of Pyramus and Thisbe in several ways. First, both Aristotle and the lion are depicted down on all fours with flowing "manes" and curly "tails".

Aristotle's lower body is also similar to Pyramus' in the scene of the death. In the center compartment, both Alexander and Thisbe appear in the top half, lean to the left, raise their right hands, and with their left hands grasp a nearby support.

Pyramus and Thisbe are a pair of ill-fated lovers whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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