Head of Herakles Refashioned as a Weight

300–200 BCE Overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.71

Even without his club or lion skin, the short curly hair and full curly beard identify this miniature head as that of Herakles. The eyes and mouth were likely once inlaid. His upward gaze suggests the head may be based on the Herakles Epitrapezios by Lysippos, the personal scu...

Sculpture

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