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Heracles of Antikythera
Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων
The statue in the NAMA
Year4th century BC
CatalogueNo 5742
MediumMarble
MovementHellenistic
SubjectHeracles resting
Dimensions2.50 m (98 in)
ConditionHead missing; marble eroded
LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Athens
OwnerGreece
Websitehttps://www.namuseum.gr/

The Heracles of Antikythera (Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the Greek hero Heracles, found in the wreck of Antikythera among several other findings, and now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.[1]

  1. ^ Angeliki Simosi; Lorenz E. Baumer (November 2022). "L'épave d'Anticythère livre peu à peu ses derniers secrets". Archéologia (in French) (614): 56–63..

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