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ΕΡΜΗΣ (HERMES)
The best – known exhibit in the museum of Ancient Olympia
Ancient Olympia area
The temple of Hera nowadays
Found in 1877 in the inner side of the temple of Hera
Hermes holding young Dionysus
Detail of garment
God Dionysus
Dionysus, god of intoxication & entertainment
Dionysus with Mainades: krater from Derveni (archaeological museum of Thessaloniki)
Sculpted from Parian marble
Sculpture & base: height 3,72 m
Which story does the sculptor narrate through his work?
Zeus, the father of Gods
Semeli
Hera & Zeus
Zeus
Rubens: Semeli & Zeus
The birth of Dionysus
The sculptor Praxitelis and his art
He worked between 375 and 335 B.C
Copy of Knidia Aphrodite by Praxitelis
Clay models
copper & marble
An ancient marble quarry
Irene by Kifisodotos (father of Praxitelis)
Copy of Knidia Aphrodite
Apollon Savroktonos
Traces of paint
Interventions on the back