Herakles Figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 10450

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 500 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.129 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 7, Νο 3

Description
Bibliography

Upper part of bearded figurine that depicts Herakles, found on the Acropolis.

The hero wears a short chiton over which he has his renown lion-skin. The slain animal’s head covers the back of Herakles’ head whereas the legs are tied over his chest in a knot (Herakles knot) and the tail wraps around the hero’s waist. The colours used for decorating the figurine’s surface are still relatively well preserved.

Winter, F., Die antiken Terrakotten. Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, III.1, Berlin/Stuttgart, 1903, σελ. I-II
Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 322-323, 348-349, αρ. κατ. 1446
Langlotz, E., Frühgriechische Bildhauerschulen, Nuernberg, 1927, σελ. 100-101, εικ. 55a
Alroth, B., Greek gods and figurines. Aspects of anthropomorphic dedications, 1989, σελ. 89, εικ. 47, αρ. κατ. 7
Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Αττικοί ανάγλυφοι πίνακες της Αρχαϊκής εποχής, Αθήνα, 2003, σελ. 140, πίν. 69, αρ. κατ. 29