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| Name: |
Head
of Ariadne |
| Picture: |
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| Description: |
From
the south slope of the Akropolis, Athens. Athens, National Museum.
H. 0.45m. Larger than life-size head of a woman, looking slightly
upwards and to the left with an expression perhaps of sorrow. Her
eyes are deep-set beneath arching brows, and her lips are pursed.
She is a mature woman, and her curly hair is bound by a wide fillet
and tied at the back into a bun. |
| Date: |
c. 300 B.C. |
| Discussion: |
From
the expression on her face, one would certainly take this to be Ariadne,
mourning her loss of Theseus on Naxos. However, this is a mature woman,
not a young girl, so a secondary reading could be that of a Nike. |
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