Marble votive relief dedicated to a hero, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Overall: 9 7/16 x 10 1/2 x 2in. (24 x 26.7 x 5.1cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed to the physician. A hero was a deceased person who exerted from his grave a power for good or evil and demanded appropriate honor. The cult was concentrated at the grave, which was marked off as a special precinct and known as a heroon
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Marble votive relief dedicated, hero, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C, Greek, Attic, Marble, Overall, 9 7/16 x 10 1/2 2in, 24 26.7 5.1cm, Stone Sculpture, Inscribed, physician, deceased person, exerted, grave, power, good, evil, demanded appropriate honor, cult, concentrated, marked off, special precinct, heroon
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