Greek warrior, Hellenistic, 1st century BC from Rhodes. This marble grave relief shows a warrior dressed in a cuirass and helmet leaning on his spear in front of a funerary stele. The serpent at the base symbolises the soul of the deceased. The relief is 'archaising' and imitates Greek sculpture of the mid 5th century BC


Greek warrior, Hellenistic, 1st century BC from Rhodes. This marble grave relief shows a warrior dressed in a cuirass and helmet leaning on his spear in front of a funerary stele. The serpent at the base symbolises the soul of the deceased. The relief is 'archaising' and imitates Greek sculpture of the mid 5th century BC


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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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