[Publication] Kousser (2015): The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

Kousser, Rachel ... Oxford Books ... 76-84 ... 2015 ... The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

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[Monument] Northwest Corner and the Hermes

Religious Unknown Marble Fair, numerous fragments and some bases ... Classical Hellenistic

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[Image] 2008.01.0087

The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 ... The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C.

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[Publication] Agora XI: Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... The latter are the Hekataia (a triple Hekate figure) and the herms. The chronological range is thus from the earliest Archaic kouros (ca. 600 B.C.) through the herms and Hekataia of the Roman period. Among other questions, the author explores the nature of the archaizing movement and the different types of herms and how they were used in the Agora.

[Publication] Pena and Ojeda (2020): Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

Pena, Antonio Ojeda, David ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 89.1 1 83-124 ... 2020 ... Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

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[Object] T 1567: Figurine Fragment

Square box-like object. Broken away from the left side of a figurine. Clusters of grapes hang down its front. Traces of white and pink color. ADDENDA: Blond clay. Belongs with the Herms T 1566. Cistern ... 25-29 February 1936 ... Broken away from the left side of a figurine. ... Belongs with the Herms T 1566.

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[Object] S 1945: Herms Incised on Stone

Fully preserved. Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it. Lower herm ithyphallic, upper not. Very crudely done. Pentelic marble. From dump of earth from cistern ... 12 May 1956 ... Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it.

[Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: 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). This was accordingly the appropriate place for Herms, primitive markers used by the Athenians to mark all entrances. ... "Menekles or Kallikrates in his work on Athens writes, 'From the Stoa Poikile and the Stoa Basileios extend the so-called Herms.