36.5 Inches High x 31 Inches Wide x 2.5 Inches Deep

A series of reliefs were found in the ruins of what is known as the Passage of the Theoroi. The Passage was located in the ancient agora (a public marketplace) in the city of Thasos (modern-day Limenas) on the Greek island of the same name. In the northeast corner of the agora was an altar featuring reliefs of figures walking toward it. On the east wall with the non-extant altar were Hermes followed by a female (who may be Hekate) on the right and the Graces to the left. On the west wall, facing a carved niche, were Apollo being crowned by a female (possibly Artemis) on the left and nymphs, who are nature deities, on the right. This fragment features Hermes and the female.

Artist: Unknown

Museum: Louvre Museum, Paris

Origin: Passage of the Theoroi, Thasos (city), Thasos, Greece

Time Period: Ancient Greek, c. 480-465 BCE

1911 Catalog ID # - 6955C

Sources:

"Architectural relief: Facing block." Museum number Ma 696.2. Louvre Collections, https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010304569.

"Architectural relief: Reliefs known as 'The passage of the Theores.'" Museum number Gy 0041. Louvre Collections, https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010270561.

"Louvre Ma 696 (Sculpture)." Tufts University: Perseus Digital Library, Gregory R. Crane (editor-in-chief), http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Louvre+Ma+696&object=sculpture.

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