From the west pediment of the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea. Athens, National Museum. H. 0.32m. Badly damaged male head wearing a round helmet with a neck guard. Short wavy hair visible beneath the helmet at the forehead. The eyes are large and beseeching; the rest of the face is too damaged to determine any more.
Date:
c. 350 B.C.
Discussion:
The west pediment represented the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. See Robertson 1981: 161-2, fig. 219; Stewart 1990: 59-60, 84-5, 182-5, 284-6; 543-4 (ills.).