Sculpture - Sarcophagus with bas-reliefs representing a Bacchanal, or Bacchus between the Bacchantes and the Fauni, (now in the Capitoline Museum). Photographer: Unknown
Vatican Museum (179) - Two sarcophagi one over the other. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The upper one of the second century comes from Ostia, and represents the fable of Alceste, who gave her life to save that of her husband, Admetus, king of Phera. The other below it represents the feast of Bacchus.'