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title: Hermes Ludovisi
author: Marie-Lan Nguyen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/713/hermes-ludovisi/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hermes Ludovisi

_Authored by Marie-Lan Nguyen_

## Image File

[![Hermes Ludovisi](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/713.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/713.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) marble copy from the late 1st century CE - early 2nd century CE after a [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) original of 450-440 BCE (right hand restored). Possibly here as [Hermes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hermes/) Psychopompos, leader of souls - the left hand beckons. Part of a monument in [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/) to the fallen at Koroneia (447 BCE). Also known as Hermes Logios.

Ludovisi Collection, Palazzo Altemps, [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/).

## Bibliography

- [John Boardman. *Greek Sculpture The Classical Period a HandB00K.* Thames\_&\_Hudson, 1985.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/B0034Q1U2Y/)

## Cite This Work

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## License & Copyright

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