Portrait bust of the philosopher Polemon. Pentalic marble. Found in the Olympieion, Athens. Possibly the portrait of the philosopher Antonius Polemon from Laodikeia in Syria who was invited by the emperor Hadrian to speak at the inauguration ceremony of the Olympian Zeus in Athens in AD 131. Aerodes Atticus was one of Polemon's pupils.

---

Portrait bust of the philosopher Polemon. Pentalic marble. Found in the Olympieion, Athens. Possibly the portrait of the philosopher Antonius Polemon from Laodikeia in Syria who was invited by the emperor Hadrian to speak at the inauguration ceremony of the Olympian Zeus in Athens in AD 131. Aerodes Atticus was one of Polemon's pupils.

---

Size: 3620px × 4872px
Location:
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 131., ad, aerodes, ancient, antonius, archival, archive, athens, athens., atticus, bust, ceremony, classical, emperor, greece, greek, hadrian, historical, history, inauguration, invited, laodikeia, marble., olympian, olympieion, pentalic, philosopher, polemon, polemon., portrait, possibly, pupils., sculpture, speak, syria, zeus