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Head of Female Deity (about 410-400 BC)
Agrigento
Marble
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento, inv. AG 9245
[Cat. no. 74]

Head of Female Deity (about 410-400 BC)

Stylistic features of this marble head of a goddess suggest that it dates to the late 5th century BC. These traits include the idyllic expression of her face, the folds of skin on her thick neck, and the intense expression of her eyes. Two holes visible at the base and top of the nose indicate an ancient restoration. The head was found near a temple dedicated to the divinities of the underworld. It probably represents Demeter, whose daughter, Persephone, became the wife of Hades, ruler of the underworld. A local artist influenced by the work of Athenian sculptors carved the statue.

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