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The Hermes of Praxiteles, from the temple of Hera, Olympia (340-330 BCE). The infant is Dionysos. Olympia Archaeological Museum.

Apollo was the god of music, light, truth, and healing in Graeco-Roman mythology, but this statue was found in a temple dedicated to "Kore", the goddess of the underworld and vegetation. The back of the statue was not polished, suggesting...

Statue of Hermes (Mercury) with winged sandals, holding his herald's staff. Formerly in the Farnese Collection in Rome. Roman, 2nd century CE, after a Greek original of the 4th century BCE the school of Praxiteles. (British Museum, London)

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=hXQa7psqSTY Unknown sculptor, Venus after the Greek original by Praxiteles from the 4th century B.C.E., Roman, 175-200 C.E. (Getty Villa) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Francesca Tronchin...

Roman copy of the Greek statue Apollo Sauroctonos (Greek: "Apollo the lizard-killer"), depicting Apollo about to catch a lizard which climbs a nearby tree-trunk. 1st or 2nd Century CE Roman copy of an original by the 4th Century BCE Greek...