Marble head from a statue of Harmodios, 1st–2nd century

---

Marble head from a statue of Harmodios, Imperial, 1st–2nd century , Roman, Marble, H. 10 in. ( cm), Stone Sculpture, Copy of a Greek bronze statue from the Tyrannicide group, erected in 477/476 and attributed to Kritios and Nesiotes. Soon after the advent of a democratic government in 510 , Harmodios and Aristogeiton, the Athenian aristocrats who assassinated one of the sons of the tyrant Peisistratos, were commemorated with a pair of statues in the Agora at Athens

---

Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 10, 1st–2nd, , 476, 477, 510, advent, agora, aristocrats, aristogeiton, assassinated, athenian, athens, attributed, bronze, century, cm, commemorated, copy, democratic, erected, government, greek, group, harmodios, head, imperial, kritios, marble, nesiotes, pair, peisistratos, roman, sculpture, sons, statue, statues, stone, tyrannicide, tyrant