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This is a Roman marble version of a lost Hellenistic original. Another version of this head was found, together with the body, at Sprelonga, south of Rome. There, it belonged to a figure portraying a wineskin-carrier, in a group showing the blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus and his men. The Sprelonga group, dating back to the 1st century CE, is a copy of an early Hellenistic original of around 200 BCE. The British Museum, London.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, May 12). Head of Homeric Hero. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5082/head-of-homeric-hero/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Head of Homeric Hero." World History Encyclopedia, May 12, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5082/head-of-homeric-hero/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Head of Homeric Hero." World History Encyclopedia, 12 May 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5082/head-of-homeric-hero/.
