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251. Titles on philosopher portraits

Description | Text | Translation | Images | Commentary | Location | History


Description

  • Monument: A group of nine 'shield portraits', of which numbers 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are inscribed; 5 is grey marble; the rest are white marble. For full description see Smith (1990), especially 132-147.
  • Text: Inscribed on the rim below the bust.
  • Letters: 1, 3, 7, 0.045; 6, 0.04; 5, 0.03.
  • Date: Late fifth century (style, lettering, context).

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1
  Πίνδαρος
3
  Ἀλκιβιάδης
5
  Ἀριστοτέλης
6
  Πυθαγόρας
7
  Ἀπολλώνιος

Translation

1. Pindar

3. Alcibiades

5. Aristotle

6. Pythagoras

7. Apollonius

Photographs

Text 1 (1981) Text 3 (1985) Text 5 (1981) Text 6 (1985) Text 7 (1985)
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Commentary

See discussion at V.14.

Locations

  • Found: Atrium House: lying behind apse.
  • Original: Mounted in the apse: Smith (1990), 129-30.
  • Last Recorded: Museum.

History

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