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Galatia was a region in north-central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) settled by the Celtic Gauls c. 278-277 BCE. The name comes from the Greek for "Gaul" which was repeated by Latin writers as Galli. The Celts were offered the region by the...

Double Herm, from Nemi or close by. 2nd century CE. marble. The two heads form a double herm. The strange being, one old and one young, have fins in their hair, around the mouth, and on the neck. They have been identified as personifications...

On 7 June 415 BCE, various statues of the god Hermes were desecrated in Athens. The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) had been raging for decades as one of the biggest civil wars in Ancient Greece, and the Athenians prepared for the expedition...

A herm in the form of a sleeping Silenus. 2nd century CE (Agora Museum, Athens)

This is an ephebe, a young athlete, probably around the age of 12 years. He is leaning on a long rectangular pillar; the latter would have been originally topped by a herm or some kind of a relief. He must have just finished his exercise...

A marble herm bust of the Greek 4th century BCE orator Bias of Priene. Considered one of the seven sages his famous motto was 'Most men are bad'. Roman copy of the Hadrian period from a Greek original. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757 - 1822 CE) Herm of a Vestal Virgin, 1821 - 1822, Marble Object: H: 49.8 x W: 31.9 x D: 24.1 cm (1 ft. 7 5/8 in. x 1 ft. 9/16 in. x 9 1/2 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Bust of Seneca; Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca Antikensammlung, Berlin