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[Agora Monument] Northwest Corner and the Hermes

Religious Unknown Marble Fair, numerous fragments and some bases ... Classical Hellenistic

[Agora Publication] Kousser (2015): The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

Kousser, Rachel ... Oxford Books ... 76-84 ... 2015 ... The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0087

The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 ... The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XI: Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... The latter are the Hekataia (a triple Hekate figure) and the herms. The chronological range is thus from the earliest Archaic kouros (ca. 600 B.C.) through the herms and Hekataia of the Roman period. Among other questions, the author explores the nature of the archaizing movement and the different types of herms and how they were used in the Agora.

[Agora Publication] Pena and Ojeda (2020): Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

Pena, Antonio Ojeda, David ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 89.1 1 83-124 ... 2020 ... Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

[Agora Object] T 1567: Figurine Fragment

Square box-like object. Broken away from the left side of a figurine. Clusters of grapes hang down its front. Traces of white and pink color. ADDENDA: Blond clay. Belongs with the Herms T 1566. Cistern ... 25-29 February 1936 ... Broken away from the left side of a figurine. ... Belongs with the Herms T 1566.

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[Agora Object] S 1945: Herms Incised on Stone

Fully preserved. Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it. Lower herm ithyphallic, upper not. Very crudely done. Pentelic marble. From dump of earth from cistern ... 12 May 1956 ... Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1338 (HAT 72-59)

Herms by the Pan Painter on pelike, in Louvre ... comparative material ... 1972 ... Herms by the Pan Painter on pelike, in Louvre.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Northwest Corner and the Hermes

http://agathe.gr/guide/northwest_corner_and_the_hermes.html

Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly ... Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly the appropriate place for Herms, primitive markers used by the Athenians to mark all entrances. ... "Menekles or Kallikrates in his work on Athens writes, 'From the Stoa Poikile and the Stoa Basileios extend the so-called Herms.

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[Agora Image] 1997.10.0224 (XXVI-86)

Parts of two female herms and the slab between them ... Mantis 2007. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1947 ... Parts of two female herms and the slab between them.

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.1150 (XXVI-86)

Parts of two female herms and the slab between them ... Mantis 2007. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1947 ... Parts of two female herms and the slab between them.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Plates. Abbreviations and Bibliography. Archaic Sculpture. Introduction. Provenance and Use. Chronology. Catalogue. Archaistic Sculpture. Definition of Terms. Archaistic ... Agora 11 ix ... The Herms of the Agora, Location and Meaning ... The Herm of Andokides and Tribal Herms ... The Herms of the Odeion of Agrippa

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 201, p. 182

Herms; Attachment of arms. Herms; Back hair. Herms; Beardless, used as supports. Herms; Body modelled to hips. Epigram of Praxagoras. Herms; Bronze-headed. Herms with white heads and colored shafts. Herms; ... Agora 11 182 G 5:3 ... Herms; Attachment of arms ... Herms; Back hair ... Stoa of the Herms

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 158, p. 139

The Herms of the Odeion of Agrippa. Einzelaufnahmen 2226. Lullies, Typen, p. 55. Έργον, 1962, p. 129, fig. 155. Hesperia, XIX, 1950, p. 68. Jahreshefte, XLIII, 1956-1958, pp. 7-18 ... Agora 11 139 ... The Herms of the Odeion of Agrippa

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_athenian_army.html

The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. ... This notion was greatly enhanced by the extraordinary victory of the Athenian army over the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. ... In a remarkable example of correlation between archaeological and literary evidence, Pheidon may be the same individual mentioned in a fragment of the 4th-century B.C. comic poet Mnesimachos, who wrote: "Go forth, Manes, to the Agora, to the Herms, the place frequented by the phylarchs (other cavalry commanders), and to their handsome pupils whom Pheidon trains in mounting and dismounting" (Athenaios, Deipnosophistai 9.402).

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 200, p. 181

Gigantomachy. Herakles. Gorgons. Gouge. Graces. Grave monuments. Gravestones. Herculaneum. Herm. Hermaphrodite. Hermathena. Hermeracles. Hermes. Griffin-bird. Hermes Agoraios. Groups. Gymnasia. Altar of ... Agora 11 181 ... Herms ... Herms of the Agora ... Apollo Herms

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[Agora Object] T 1566: Head of Herm Figurine

The back, pierced by a hole, and most of the face, broken away. The hair arranged in a coronet of nodules over the brow. A roll of drapery passes over the top of the head. Hollow head. Traces of white ... 25-29 February 1936 ... The back, pierced by a hole, and most of the face, broken away. The hair arranged in a coronet of nodules over the brow. ... ADDENDA: Belongs with the same Herms as T 1567.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1337 (HAT 72-12)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Front view. 5th c. B.C ... 1972

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 112, p. 102

I.G. II (2), 2792. I.G. I (2), 310, line 139. S.E.G., X, 225. I.G. I (2), 324. S.E.G., X, 227. I.G. II (2), 1948. I.G. II (2), 2868. I.G. II (2), 5069. Hermes. Hermes Agoraios. The Herms. Hermes Tetrakephalos ... Agora 3 102 ... 332-331 B.C ... The Herms ... Herms stood in the Gymnasium of Ptolemy

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[Agora Image] 1997.10.0228 (XXXIII-55)

Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586) ... Mantis 2007. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1948 ... Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586).

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1524 (HAT 49-359)

Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586) ... =XXXIII-55 ... 1949 ... Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586).

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[Agora Image] 2012.52.0364 (XXXIII-55)

Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586) ... Mantis 2007. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1948 ... Part of the stage front showing two female herms (left, S 1213; right, S 553) with the slab (A 1174) between them and moulding above (A 586).

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0562 (87-1)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Front view. 5th c. B.C ... 1754 ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0563 (87-2)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Proper left. 5th c. B.C ... 1754 ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0564 (87-3)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Back view. 5th c. B.C ... 1754 ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0681 (87-1)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Front view. 5th c. B.C ... AMS 1754 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0682 (87-2)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Proper left. 5th c. B.C ... AMS 1754 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0683 (87-3)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Back view. 5th c. B.C ... AMS 1754 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0565 (87-4)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Three-quarter view. 5th c. B.C ... 1754 ... August 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0684 (87-4)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Three-quarter view. 5th c. B.C ... AMS 1754 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1971

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 127, p. 108

Herms. Introduction. The Herms of the Agora, Location and Meaning. J. Threpsiades and E. Vanderpool, Δελτίον, XVIII, 1963, pp. 99-114. Thompson, Agora Guide (2), p. 65. C. Habicht, Ath. Mitt., LXXVI, 1961, ... Agora 11 108 ... Herms ... The Herms of the Agora, Location and Meaning

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 113, p. 103

[Demosthenes], XLVII (Euergos and Mnesiboulos), 26. Judeich, pp. 69, 153. Jacoby, F.G.H., III B, no. 328, 31. Judeich, p. 369, note 4. The Herms. T. J. Cadoux, J.H.S., LXVIII, 1948, pp. 119, 123. Aischines, ... Agora 3 103 ... 330 B.C ... The Herms

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[Agora Image] 2004.03.0080 (81-40-01)

Alice Paterakis cleaning the head of the marble herm S 3347 ... Chip Vincent ... Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2004.03.0081 (81-40-15)

Alice Paterakis cleaning the head of the marble herm S 3347 ... Chip Vincent ... Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2003.01.0247 (81-40-14)

Alice Paterakis, conservator, cleaning the head of the marble herm found in 1981 in the new excavation ... Sheet 28 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1981

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[Agora Image] 2012.72.1091 (81-31-5)

Geoff Wilcox with the head S 3347 found during the excavation in Section ΒΕ ... Chip Vincent ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Object] A 1174: Slab Fragment from Stage Front

Upper left corner preserved in two joining fragments. In top are traces of iron clamps, one to tie this slab to its backer, one to secure it to the background of a marble herm head. (In the case of the ... August 1946 ... In top are traces of iron clamps, one to tie this slab to its backer, one to secure it to the background of a marble herm head. (In the case of the second clamp the original had split the slab and had to be replaces with a longer iron.) This slab was set between herms of the type represented by S 1213 (ΩΔ 218).

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[Agora Image] 2004.03.0079 (81-31-7)

Excavations in Section ΒΕ, where the head of the marble herm S 3347 was found, here held by Geoff Wilcox ... Chip Vincent ... Cf. 2012.72.1092 (81-31-6). Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2012.72.1092 (81-31-6)

Excavations in Section ΒΕ, where the head of the marble herm S 3347 was found, here held by Geoff Wilcox ... Chip Vincent ... AMS Cf. 81-31-7 (2004.03.0079). Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1416 (HAT 72-13)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Three-quarter view from the back. 5th c. B.C ... 1972

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[Agora Image] 2004.03.0078 (81-31-04)

Geoff Wilcox with the head S 3347 found during the excavation in Section ΒΕ. Leslie Shear to the left ... Chip Vincent ... Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2012.72.1090 (81-31-4)

Geoff Wilcox with the head S 3347 found during the excavation in Section ΒΕ. Leslie Shear to the left ... Chip Vincent ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Season 1981

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1417 (HAT 72-14)

Herm head from the Crossroads Enclosure (Deposit J 5:2). Side view, proper left. 5th c. B.C ... 1972

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0718 (Slide Sheet: 29:12)

Small bronze herms, left to right: B 933, B 132, B 551 and B 855. Last in the row, a bone figurine: standing draped female (B 636) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Small bronze herms, left to right: B 933, B 132, B 551 and B 855. Last in the row, a bone figurine: standing draped female (B 636).

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 198, p. 179

Agora. Boundary stone. Temple of Ares. Great Drain. The Herms. Temple of Athena Nike. Middle Stoa. Sanctuary possibly of Hekate. Temple of Dionysos. South Stoa II. Themistoklean Wall. Southeast Building ... Agora 11 179 G 5:3 ... The Herms ... Altar of the Twelve Gods ... Stoa of the Herms

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[Agora Report] 2001 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2001 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out at the northwest of the Agora in sections ΒΖ and ΒΕ, and in the area of the Eleusinion in section ΕΛ. In Section ΒΖ, the investigation of the settlement of the 11th century ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2001 ... Excavations were carried out at the northwest of the Agora in sections ΒΖ and ΒΕ, and in the area of the Eleusinion in section ΕΛ. In Section ΒΖ, the investigation of the settlement of the 11th century settlement continued. The lowest floor levels of the buildings were excavated down into layers of the 7th to 9th centuries, exposing the Byzantine walls to their full depth and the upper parts of the late Roman walls beneath.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 136, p. 117

The Herm of Andokides and Tribal Herms. Agora, III, p. 104. I.G., I (2), 394. Raubitschek, Dedications, no. 168. S.E.G., XV, no. 32. I.G., II (2), 1141. Pritchett, Hesperia, X, 1941, p. 263, no. 67. Anth ... Agora 11 117 ... The Herm of Andokides and Tribal Herms

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 273, p. 248

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Gymnasia; Late Gymnasia. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Herms; Of Pantainos ... Agora 14 248 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Herms; Of Pantainos ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Herms ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Herms; The Herms

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 405

Wall fragment from just below rim. Narrow reserved band on inside. Glaze abraded in lower right. Max. dim. 0.085. At the far right is Hermes (face, right shoulder, end of kerykeion) standing frontally, ... Late 5th century B.C ... A kerykeion is drawn on the side of the herm. ... Below, meat on a spit above a flaming altar (a little bit of the spit appears at the right break). ... Dilute glaze: hair. For the kerykeion painted on the side of the herm, see the unattributed 4th-century krater fragment in Copenhagen, no no.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 280, p. 255

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Stelai; Beside Herms. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Stoics. The Athenian ... Agora 14 255 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Stelai; Beside Herms ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Stelai; In Stoa of Herms ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Stoas; Of Herms

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 12, p. xi

Table of Contents. Table of Contents; Preface. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Plates. Table of Contents; ... Agora 14 xi ... Table of Contents; Historical Development of the Agora ... Table of Contents; Facilities for Civic Administration; The Law Courts; Buildings at the Northeast Corner of the Agora ... Table of Contents; Stoas; Stoa of the Herms

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 202, p. 183

Kimon. Messene: herm at city gates. Kimonian herms. Metalwork, archaic Greek imitated in Roman times. Kleon, G. Quintus, marathonios, archon. Korai. Mikkiades. Miletos: archaistic dancers from theater ... Agora 11 183 ... Kimonian herms ... Mother of the Gods ... Oedipus and the sphinx

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html

Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... The latter are the Hekataia (a triple Hekate figure) and the herms. The chronological range is thus from the earliest Archaic kouros (ca. 600 B.C.) through the herms and Hekataia of the Roman period. Among other questions, the author explores the nature of the archaizing movement and the different types of herms and how they were used in the Agora.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 203, p. 184

Peleus and Thetis. Repairs to sculpture in antiquity. Peplos in archaistic sculpture. Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai. Retrograde inscriptions. Persephone. Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Agora 11 184 ... Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai ... Rhamnous, ephebic herms ... Rome; Baths of Caracalla, herms in xystus

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 119, p. 94

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Stoas; Stoa of Herms. Aischines, III, 186. Aischines, III, 183-185. Demosthenes, XX, 112. Diogenes ... Agora 14 94 P 22351 I 5143 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Stoas; Stoa of Herms

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 13, p. xiii

Clinton, K. 1996. The Thesmoforion in Central Athens and the Celebration of the Thesmoforia in Attica in The Role of Religion in the Early Greek Polis. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium ... Agora 31 xiii ... Clinton, K. 1996. The Thesmoforion in Central Athens and the Celebration of the Thesmoforia in Attica in The Role of Religion in the Early Greek Polis. ... Knossos: The Sanctuary of Demeter, Oxford ... Andokides and the Herms: A Study of Crisis in the Fifth-Century Athenian Religion [BICS Suppl. 65], London

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 157, p. 138

Female Herms, Aphrodite and Artemis. Marcadé, B.C.H., LXXVII, 1953, p. 506, fig. 10. Bieber, Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, figs. 328-333. Paribeni, Cirene, pl. 181, no. 416. Charites (Festschrift Langlotz, ... Agora 11 138 ... Female Herms, Aphrodite and Artemis ... Bieber, Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, figs. 328-333

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 139, p. 120

Herms Dedicated by Individuals. Kirchner, Prosopographia Attica, p. 61, no. 828. D. MacDowell, Andokides' On the Mysteries, Oxford, 1962, p. 103. Andokides, I, 146-147. Plutarch, De Genio Socratis, 10 ... Agora 11 120 ... Herms Dedicated by Individuals ... MacDowell, Andokides' On the Mysteries, Oxford, 1962, p. 103

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 209, p. 190

Bearded herm with hanging corkscrew curls. Isthmia. Hearded herm from House of the Herm. Bronze heads of horses. Beardless miniature herms from House of the Herm. Kassel. Apollo. Hekate herm from House ... Agora 11 190 ... Hearded herm from House of the Herm ... Beardless miniature herms from House of the Herm ... Hekate herm from House of the Poseidoniasts

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 262, p. 252

Hephaistos. Hera. Lakinia. Herakleidai. Hygieia. Hymettos. Herakles. Hyperbolos. Hypereides. Hyrkanos. Hermaios. Hermes Agoraios. Iaccheion. Iacchos. Iatros. Hermoglyphoi. Ichthyopolia. Herms. Ikria. Iliad ... Agora 3 252 ... Herms ... Horses, "the good"

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 204, p. 185

Table-supports. Tryphon and Polycharmos, Athenian New Style coin. Terracottas, archaistic idols, 4th century B.C. Altar of the Twelve Gods. Thanatos. Tyche. Theater. Tyrannicides. Tyrannicides of Kritios ... Agora 11 185 ... Altar of the Twelve Gods ... Herms from the Tyskiewics Collection ... Herms in wedding scenes