The Hermes of Praxiteles: The Marble Masterpiece of Ancient Olympia
The Hermes of Praxiteles, also called Hermes carrying the infant Dionysos, is one of the most celebrated statues of ancient Greece and the star exhibit of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Carved from gleaming Parian marble and standing over two metres tall, it shows the god Hermes at rest, the baby Dionysos on his arm, … Read more