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LSA-2510 Portrait head of Homer in Apollonius of Tyana type. Athens. Third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Athens Province: Achaea Region: Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details: Theatre of Dionysus
Current Location: Athens, National Museum, inv. no. 626
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Long, to shoulders Height(cm): 33
Attributes: crown fillet Beard: Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand: Homer or Apollonius of Tyana Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 200 Latest: 320
MAIN REFERENCE
Romiopoulou, K., Ellenoromaika Glypta tou Ethnikou Archaiologikou Mouseiou, Athens 1997, 137, no. 150 (late third c.)

Kaltsas, N., Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Athens 2002, 372, no. 793 (early fourth c. AD)

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