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Hebe, Nike and Herakles

The relief depicts a scene of crowning: one winged Nike crowns with one hand, in which she perhaps held a metal wreath, a naked young man, whereas with her other arm hugs a young female character by the shoulders. The woman, shown 3/4-view to the left, is clearly a goddess, as she is shown at a larger scale than young man, and even slightly larger than him. Since the relief is broken we do not know whether the women wear peplos or chiton. The young man and the goddess have been variously interpreted.
Some researchers identify them with Herakles and Athena, the protectress goddess of the hero, who led him to Olympus when the other gods granted him immortality.
Some others suggest that she is Hebe, who married Herakles after he was deified thus providing him with eternal youth.
It has also been thought that the young man is a victorious athlete crowned by the Nike in the presence of Athena.
The relief was found in 1867/8 near the Erechtheion.

Source: www.perseus.tufts.ed

Penteli marble low relief
Height: 44 cm; length: 64 cm;
420 – 410 BC
Athens, Acropolis Museum, Inv. no. Ακρ. 1329

Taken on: May 20, 2015

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7R, f/11.0, 1/160 sec, 41mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7R
Lens:	FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	41mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.0.1 (Macintosh)
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