Socrates type B
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Socrates type B
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Published 2019-01-15T16:11:30+00:00
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This is an ancient herm attributed to Lysippus and classified as the Type B of sculptures depicting Socrates. The nose of the herm is restored as is the lower portion of the herm (below the inscription).
Inscription: Below Sokrates' name (*S*W*K*R*A*T*H*S) is inscribed a quote from Sokrates' speech in prison, recorded by Plato (Plat. Crito 46B): "I am not for the first time but always a man who follows nothing but the reason which on consideration seems to be the best."
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Technical Information
| Date published | 15/01/2019 |
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| Title | Socrates type B |
| Date | 3rd century AD copy of a 330 BC original |
| Accession | 6415 |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | From the Farnese Collection |
| Artist | Lysippos |
| Place | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli |
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