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Graeco-Roman ait.
and part of the neck new in marble. Found at Frascati and acquired
in 1902 via Munich.
This head is a somewhat characterless replica of that of
the famous Munich statue representing the hero Diomedes
carrying the palladium out of Troy and accompanied by
the cunning Odysseus who, out of jealousy at this exploit,
is drawing his sword to slay the hero; Diomedes discovers
his design by a quick turn of the head. A much better
replica of the statue was found in 1925 in the Sibylline
grotto in Cumae (A. Maiuri: Il Diomede di Cuma. Roma
• 1930), and of the head we know of good replicas in Rome
and Boston (Furtwangler: Meisterwerke p. 311 seqq. and
pls. XII-XIV. Arndt-Amelung 809-10. Br. Br. 543. Caskey:
Catalogue Boston No. 67). A stylistically related helmet-
covered head in the Terme museum in Rome has been
suggested as the Odysseus belonging to the group (Rom.
Mitt. XVI 1901 p. 33 seqq. and pl. III. Helbig-Amelung:
Fiihrer 1393. Pfuhl, Arch. Jahrb. 41 1926 p. 46).
The original statue of Diomedes seems to be of the period
round about 430 B. C. and is related to the portrait of
Pericles and other works attributed to the Creto-Attic artist-
Cresilas.
Billedtavler pl. XI. Arndt-Amelung 3890-91 (Fr. Poulsen). Mustilli: Museo
Mussolini p. 127, 16 No. 3. On the type cf. V. H. Poulsen, Acta Arch. XI
1940 p. 26.
147 a. (I. N. 2019). Head of Dionysus or Hermes. M.
II. 0.38. The, nose, which was separately applied, and parts of the
back hair and side curls broken off. The surface much worn. Stated
to have been found at Eleusis. Acquired 1906 in Paris.
This is Dionysus or Hermes of the archaicizing type which
the Romans thought so decorative that they installed herms
of its kind everywhere in their villas and parks. Over the
forehead the hair is trained upwards and falls in two
thick tresses, secured by the fillet, in front of the ears;
here the tips of the curls are stylized as snail curls. Tn all
seven replicas of this type are known.
The evolution of this type of hairdressing will be under-
stood when as the starting point we take the Dionysus
heads on the double herm No. 151; instead of the three rows
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and part of the neck new in marble. Found at Frascati and acquired
in 1902 via Munich.
This head is a somewhat characterless replica of that of
the famous Munich statue representing the hero Diomedes
carrying the palladium out of Troy and accompanied by
the cunning Odysseus who, out of jealousy at this exploit,
is drawing his sword to slay the hero; Diomedes discovers
his design by a quick turn of the head. A much better
replica of the statue was found in 1925 in the Sibylline
grotto in Cumae (A. Maiuri: Il Diomede di Cuma. Roma
• 1930), and of the head we know of good replicas in Rome
and Boston (Furtwangler: Meisterwerke p. 311 seqq. and
pls. XII-XIV. Arndt-Amelung 809-10. Br. Br. 543. Caskey:
Catalogue Boston No. 67). A stylistically related helmet-
covered head in the Terme museum in Rome has been
suggested as the Odysseus belonging to the group (Rom.
Mitt. XVI 1901 p. 33 seqq. and pl. III. Helbig-Amelung:
Fiihrer 1393. Pfuhl, Arch. Jahrb. 41 1926 p. 46).
The original statue of Diomedes seems to be of the period
round about 430 B. C. and is related to the portrait of
Pericles and other works attributed to the Creto-Attic artist-
Cresilas.
Billedtavler pl. XI. Arndt-Amelung 3890-91 (Fr. Poulsen). Mustilli: Museo
Mussolini p. 127, 16 No. 3. On the type cf. V. H. Poulsen, Acta Arch. XI
1940 p. 26.
147 a. (I. N. 2019). Head of Dionysus or Hermes. M.
II. 0.38. The, nose, which was separately applied, and parts of the
back hair and side curls broken off. The surface much worn. Stated
to have been found at Eleusis. Acquired 1906 in Paris.
This is Dionysus or Hermes of the archaicizing type which
the Romans thought so decorative that they installed herms
of its kind everywhere in their villas and parks. Over the
forehead the hair is trained upwards and falls in two
thick tresses, secured by the fillet, in front of the ears;
here the tips of the curls are stylized as snail curls. Tn all
seven replicas of this type are known.
The evolution of this type of hairdressing will be under-
stood when as the starting point we take the Dionysus
heads on the double herm No. 151; instead of the three rows
118