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Heracles of Antikythera
Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων
The statue in the NAMA
Year	4th century BC
Catalogue	No 5742
Medium	Marble
Movement	Hellenistic
Subject	Heracles resting
Dimensions	2.50 m (98 in)
Condition	Head missing; marble eroded
Location	National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Owner	Greece
Website	https://www.namuseum.gr/

The Heracles of Antikythera (Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the Greek hero Heracles, found in the wreck of Antikythera among several other findings, and now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Description

After spending centuries at the bottom of the sea, the sculpture is eroded with fragments missing. It was retrieved gradually, its discovery made in several stages: the body was brought to light by divers who discovered the wreck of Antikythera in 1901, while his left hand was found in 2016 and his (presumed) head in 2022. The body is 2.50 m. tall and its unattached head is 65 cm, making it a larger-than-life statue.

The sculpture represents Heracles at rest, leaning on his club; it is a Hellenistic copy of the Heracles of Lysippus (dated around 320 BC), of the same type as the Farnese Hercules.

See also

• Antikythera wreck
• Farnese Hercules
• Ancient Greek sculpture

References

1. ^ Angeliki Simosi; Lorenz E. Baumer (November 2022). "L'épave d'Anticythère livre peu à peu ses derniers secrets". Archéologia (in French) (614): 56–63..
2. ^ Kaltsas, Nikolaos (2002). Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Translated by David Hardy. Los Angeles: Getty Publications. p. 251. ISBN 9780892366866.
3. Vermeule, Cornelius (1975). "The Weary Herakles of Lysippos". American Journal of Archaeology. 79 (4): 323–332. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Antikythera Heracles at Wikimedia Commons

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