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Hermes Criophorus (Athens)

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as his weight rests on his right leg, leaving the left leg relaxed. He wears a chlamys fastened on his left shoulder that hangs down and covers the arm on that side. On his head, which is turned to the right, he wears a petasos (a type of hat) and holds a ram by the horns with his right hand. The ram
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Although mostly surviving, the statue displays some clear damage. The right arm from below the shoulder, the left hand and the forelegs of the arms are missing; his feet and parts of the thighs were restored with plaster, and the head had to be reattached to its body.
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is shown squatting on its hind legs in Hermes's right side, as Hermes drags it upwards. It is thus distinguished from other sculptures of the ram-bearing type, as Hermes drags the animal instead of carrying it tenderly over his shoulders.
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was produced sometime during the second century AD, and was a copy of a fifth century original attributed to the sculptor
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On his other hand, Hermes would be carrying his caduceus, his most popular symbol, which is not preserved.
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It is made of pentelic marble, and it is 1,80 m. tall, thus slightly over lifesize.
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Hermes is depicted frontally nude, his body turned a bit to the left, in
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in late nineteenth century, and it is now part of the collection of the
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Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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