So-called Nereids
Limestone. Metope from the temple of Hera in Paestum.
Late 6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum

So-called Nereids.

Limestone. Metope from the temple of Hera in Paestum.
Late 6th century BCE.

Paestum, National Archaeological Museum
(Museo archeologico nazionale di Paestum).

Credits:
© 1963 Photo, text: Kolpinskij Ju. D. Skulptura Drevnej Ellady. Moskva, 1963. Ill. 37.
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