Head of Demosthenes
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Head of Demosthenes
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Published 2018-09-20T16:05:24+00:00
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This is a head-portrait sculpture of Demosthenes (384-322 BC), an Athenian statesman whose skills as an orator were celebrated throughout Greece and later by the Romans. He worked first as a litigator and then entered politics, delivering a number of speeches against the military aggression of Philip II of Macedon - the father of Alexander the Great.
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| Date published | 20/09/2018 |
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| Title | Head of Demosthenes |
| Date | 250-150 BC |
| Accession | AN1923.764 |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Marble |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Ashmolean Museum |
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