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Portrait of a hierophant (priest), circa 120-130, Athens, marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussles, Belgium). Made with Capturing Reality. Presumed portrait of the hierophant (high priest of Eleusian festivals) who initiated the emperor Hadrian to the mysteries of Eleusis. For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal.
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Marchal, G. (2018, April 03). Portrait of a Hierophant. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/206/portrait-of-a-hierophant/
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