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Head of Hermes from Pergamon
Museum: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 1st century AD
Period: Hellenistic-Roman Imperial
This bust depicts the winged god Hermes. Hermes (Greek, Ἑρμῆς, IPA: /ˈhɝmiːz/), in Greek mythology, is the
Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and
road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of
general commerce, and of the cunning of thieves and liars. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the
winged sandals, and the caduceus. The analogous Roman deity is Mercury. The Homeric hymn to Hermes
invokes him as the one "of many shifts (polytropos), blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of
dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the
deathless gods." This sculpture is identical reproduction of the original ancient masterpiece, now housed by
the prominent museum.
Item No. S060
Height: 29 cm (11.5")
$449.00
Museum: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 1st century AD
Period: Hellenistic-Roman Imperial
This bust depicts the winged god Hermes. Hermes (Greek, Ἑρμῆς, IPA: /ˈhɝmiːz/), in Greek mythology, is the
Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and
road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of
general commerce, and of the cunning of thieves and liars. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the
winged sandals, and the caduceus. The analogous Roman deity is Mercury. The Homeric hymn to Hermes
invokes him as the one "of many shifts (polytropos), blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of
dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the
deathless gods." This sculpture is identical reproduction of the original ancient masterpiece, now housed by
the prominent museum.
Item No. S060
Height: 29 cm (11.5")
$449.00
image of the original sculpture in the museum