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Votive relief from the Cave of Pan on Mount Parnes, Attica. Hermes and three Nymphs are in a cave. Hermes is on the left, dressed in a short chiton and a chlamys. He guides the three Nymphs in a dance around an altar. On the bottom left a bearded man represents Acheloos, above him is the head of a goat. Pan sits cross-legged in the top left corner and plays the pan flute. On the roof of the cave are heads of animals. Discovered in 1846.
Date Late 4th century BC
Medium Marble
Dimensions height: 0.4 m (16.9 in); width: 0.4 m (18.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,0.43U11573
dimensions QS:P2049,0.47U11573
institution QS:P195,Q637187
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1448
Inscriptions The ancient Greek inscription at the bottom reads: Τηλεφάνης ἀνέθηκε Πανὶ καὶ Νύμφαις. English translation: 'Telephanes dedicates [this] to Pan and the Nymphs.'
References Kaltsas, Nikolaos (2002) Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, p. 219 ISBN: 978-0-89236-686-6.
Source/Photographer Flickr: Dedication of Telephanes to Pan and the Nymphs by Dan Diffendale
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