Marble Copy Of A Portrait Of Demosthenes

Orator and outspoken opponent of macedonian control over athens committed suicide to avoid capture and execution.

Marble copy of a portrait of demosthenes.

This is a head portrait sculpture depicting demosthenes. 35 4 21 3 24 5 cm 13 15 16 8 3 8 9 5 8 in rebecca darlington stoddard fund. Demosthenes was born in 384 bc during the last year of the 98th olympiad or the first year of the 99th olympiad. Aeschines demosthenes greatest political rival maintained that his mother kleoboule was a scythian by blood.

This copy was acquired in 1898 cast from a roman marble in the vatican but stylistically very smiliar to the glyptotek s staue of demosthenes. The nose all of the toes on the left and two of the toes on the right foot as well as the back of the neck are newly engrafted sections. Decades later the. Demosthenes was an orator who passionately opposed the macedonian control of mainland greece.

Early on in his career he recognized that the rise in power of philip ii of macedonia was a threat to greek independence and he initiated a lifelong aggressive anti macedonian policy which he pleaded publicly to the athenians and the. Detail of a marble portrait herm of the athenian orator demosthenes. The hands now holding a scroll have been restored in marble. Copy of a greek bronze statue by polyeuktos of ca.

Marble head of demosthenes with knitted brow and compressed lips roman copy of a statue by polyeuktos erected in 280bc. His father also named demosthenes who belonged to the local tribe pandionis and lived in the deme of paeania in the athenian countryside was a wealthy sword maker. Early on in his career he recognized that the rise in power of philip ii of macedonia was a threat to greek independence and he initiated a lifelong aggressive anti macedonian policy which he pleaded publicly to the athenians and. Numerous copies of this portrait type are extant.

The original greek version now lost was created by the sculptor polykleitos around 40 years after the death of demosthenes in 322 bc. Demosthenes a prominent fourth century b c. Portrait of demosthenes 384 322 b c 2nd century a d. He spoke against the capitulation of athens in particular and his posthumous portrait was erected in the athenian marketplace around 280bc after his suicide.

384 322 b c of athens is widely considered the greatest orator of ancient greece. The original is a roman partial copy head mounted on a herm in marble of a bronze statue of demosthenes made by polyeuktos and erected in the athenian agora in 280 bce. The method supposedly goes back to famous greek orator demosthenes whose first public speech caused him such embarrassment that he secluded himself in rigorous training before he dared appear before an audience again. A bust of the orator and athenian statesman demosthenes 382 322 bc a fine marble copy from the 19th century patterned after an ancient model typical oval head form with tall creased forehead thick curls dense slightly constricted eyebrows closely cropped beard of.

Demosthenes looks straight ahead with thick upper and lower lids. 384 322 b c of athens is widely considered the greatest orator of ancient greece.