Object from Athens NAM

“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor”
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Izmir. General view of the coastline, city and quay, from the National Bank of Greece (left) to the Customs buildings (right). In the background is the Kadifekale castle on top of Mount Pagos (1921-1922). Photographic Archive of the National Archaeological Museum.
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
Izmir. General view of the coastline, city and quay, from the National Bank of Greece (left) to the Customs buildings (right). In the background is the Kadifekale castle on top of Mount Pagos (1921-1922). Photographic Archive of the National Archaeological Museum.
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
“Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor” (Photographic Archive of the Νational Archaeological Museum).
Izmir. General view of the coastline, city and quay, from the National Bank of Greece (left) to the Customs buildings (right). In the background is the Kadifekale castle on top of Mount Pagos (1921-1922). Photographic Archive of the National Archaeological Museum.
The
Unseen Museum
is the well-known exhibition project of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
This year, the event is dedicated to the
centenary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe
. Ιts second group of exhibits is entitled “Gods and Heroes from Asia Minor”.
This is the bronze statuette of a resting Herakles (Weary Herakles) of the Roman period from Bursa. The work reproduces the popular Farnese type attributed to the leading sculptor Lysippos. Together are presented two terracotta comp