Head of Meleager, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown


Head of Meleager, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the mid 4th century BC. According to Greem mythology, Meleager was a hero who, together with Atalanta, a female hunter, killed the Calydonian Boar. He was also one of the Argonauts. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.


Size: 3275px × 5346px
Location: World,Europe,Greece
Photo credit: © The Art Collector/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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