Kallithea Monument, Piraeus Museum

Apr 06, 2011 21:01




Courtesy of system1988 , the Kallithea Monumment (second half of the 4th century BC) from the Piraeus museum. It is the monument of the metic Nikiratos and his son Polyxenos. The sculptor of the monument was inspired from the Halicarnassus Mausoleum.

The sculpted ara of the monument shows a relief of a battle between Greeks and Amazons. The color is still there, red and yellow. In the main area the father, the son and a slave (who holds the son's clothing) appear.



god: real person, type: monument, date: 4th cent. bc, material: limestone, museum: piraeus, origin: greek

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