Herm (sculpture)
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A herma, commonly herm in English, is a sculpture with a head and perhaps a torso above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height. Her
Herma of Demosthenes from the Athenian Agora, work by Polyeuktos, c. 280 BC, Glyptothek
Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece
Archaic bearded head of Hermes from a herm, early 5th century BC
Marble herme head depicting Hermes, Roman period, exhibited at the İzmir Archaeological Museum
Alcibiades
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Alcibiades was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae, he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and polit
Detail of Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, by François-André Vincent (1777)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault: Socrates dragging Alcibiades from the Embrace of Sensual Pleasure (1791) (Louvre)
Battle of Potidaea (432 BC): Athenians against Corinthians (detail). Scene of Socrates saving Alcibiades. 18th-century engraving.
Jean-Léon Gérôme: Socrates seeking Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861)