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Herm with a portrait head of Antisthenes

    • Data:
      Early 3rd century AD
    • Materiali:
      Greek marble
    • Dimensioni:
      height 60 cm
    • Collocazione:
      Rome, Musei Capitolini
    • Inventario:
      inv. MC 583
  • Herm with a portrait head of Antisthenes

The portrait inserted on a modern herm is one of approximately ten replicas of the portrait of Antisthenes (450-370 BC), a disciple of Gorgias and Socrates and founder of the Cynic school, which he opened in the gymnasium of Cynosarges in Athens.