{"id":214,"date":"2022-07-18T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ancientolympiamuseum.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:36:49","slug":"hermes-of-praxiteles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientolympiamuseum.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/18\/hermes-of-praxiteles\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermes of Praxiteles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"214\" class=\"elementor elementor-214\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ba76e6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ba76e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb99114\" data-id=\"bb99114\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8582184 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8582184\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-649a24b\" data-id=\"649a24b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114017e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"114017e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cHermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus,\u201d marble statue by Praxiteles, c. 330 BC<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27d4d6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c27d4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Considered among the greatest works of ancient greek art creations,&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\"><b>a symbol of beauty and aesthetics.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-832b019 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"832b019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The statue is a work of the renowned Athenian sculptor Praxiteles who achieved to convert a large piece of Parian marble into a masterpiece of <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\">harmony and eurhythmy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\">Hermes, Zeus&#8217; son and one of the Olympian gods, is holding the infant Dionysos in his left arm. Acting as the divine messenger of his father, Hermes is about to deliver his little brother Dionysos, the god of wine and amusement, to the nymphs in Thebes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\">The god is resting on a trunk of a tree, exposing his athletic figure, a real model of male beauty.\u00a0 In his raised, right arm, now missing, Hermes was probably holding a bunch of grapes, a symbol of Dionysos, who turns his attention in this direction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\">The statue was discovered in the Temple of Hera during the early phase of the excavations in Olympia, in 1877\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-9042db2 );\">It dates to the second half of 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