Stock Photo - Greek Fresco on the inside of Tomb of the Diver [La Tomba del Truffatore]. This panel is from one of the long sides of the tomb and shows a symposium of men lying on couches facing low tables on which goblets have been placed. The abondon experienced at the Synposium was one way in which the dead could access the next world . The tomb is painted with the true fresco technique and its importance lies in being "the only example of Greek painting with figured scenes dating from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical periods to survive in its entirety. Paestrum, Andriuolo. (480-470 BC ).

Stock Photo: Greek Fresco on the inside of Tomb of the Diver [La Tomba del Truffatore]. This panel is from one of the long sides of the tomb and shows a symposium of men.

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