THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Aesculapius
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Asclepius.
Marble.
Late 2nd — early 3rd centuries CE.
Cyprus.
Paphos, District Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Colossal head of Asclepius.
Marble.
1st cent. BCE.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
3. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Colossal head of Asclepius.
Marble.
Augustan copy after a Hellenistic work of the sculptor Phyromachos (2nd cent. BCE).
Inv. No. 693.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Colossal statue of Asclepius.
Luna marble.
Roman copy of 1st—2nd cent. CE after a Hellenistic original of the 2nd cent. BCE (the Mounychia type).
Inv. No. 737.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.