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| Religious Unknown Marble Fair, numerous fragments and some bases ... Classical
Hellenistic ... Northwest Corner and the Hermes ... Northwest Corner and the Hermes |
http://agathe.gr/guide/northwest_corner_and_the_hermes.html Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly ... Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). ... These took the form of rectangular shafts of marble with a set of male genitalia carved halfway up and a likeness of the god Hermes at the top. Several dozen examples of these very conservative monuments have been found in the excavations in this area, ranging in date from the early 5th century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D. |
| Hermes stands facing, on a small concave sided base.
He is nude save for a twist of drapery around his shoulders.
In his right hand he carries a small bag, in his left a daduceus. On his head is a small ... 27 May 1935 ... Statuette : Hermes |
| Stands with weight on right foot, with chlamys over left shoulder and extended arm, like Hermes of Andros type.
Perhaps unfinished. Struts against both legs.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. Hesperia 29 (1960), p ... 10 June 1959 ... Stands with weight on right foot, with chlamys over left shoulder and extended arm, like Hermes of Andros type.
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