Funeral pyre of Menoeceus from BL Burn 257, f. 194v

Detail of a miniature of the corpse of Menoeceus with his armour and arms cremated before his tomb, in the presence of his father, King Creon and a priest and attendants, illustrating book 12, verses 60 ff. of Statius's Thebaid. Image taken from f. 194v of Thebais (index Thebaid), with the argumenta antiqua; Achilleis (index Achilleid). Written in Latin.