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Athens
#14
Athens #14
Greek in 4 BCE
heroon
hero is a deceased person who exert from his grave a power for good or evil and demand appropriate honor
/ on votive relief, hero is depicted in reclining at the meal(reclining banqueter) (principle activity is a feast of the living in honor of the hero) and approached by worshipers
1925 (25.78.59)
Marble relief of Hermes
mound stands for rustic altar
/ early appear of landscape? Or later depiction of mountainous landscape is actually altar
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