S11.1 HERMES "OF OLYMPIA "

Museum Collection: Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece
Catalogue Number: --
Title: "Hermes of Olympia "
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 2.20 metres
Context: Discovered at Olympia in Greece
Original / Copy: Original by Praxiteles
Style: Late Classical
Date: C4th BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Hermes holds the infant god Dionysos in his draped arm.

ARTICLES

Hermes, Dionysos

 
 
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