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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]
| Heracles of Antikythera | |
|---|---|
| Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων | |
.jpg) The statue in the NAMA | |
| Year | 4th century BC |
| Catalogue | No 5742 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Movement | Hellenistic |
| Subject | Heracles resting |
| Dimensions | 2.50 m (98 in) |
| Condition | Head missing; marble eroded |
| Location | National Archaeological Museum, Athens |
| Owner | Greece |
| Website | https://www.namuseum.gr/ |
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After spending centuries at the bottom of the sea, the sculpture is eroded with fragments missing.[2] It was retrieved gradually, its discovery made in several stages: the body was brought to light by divers who discovered the wreck of Antikythera in 1901, while his left hand was found in 2016 and his (presumed) head in 2022.[1] The body is 2.50 m. tall and its unattached head is 65 cm, making it a larger-than-life statue.[1]
The sculpture represents Heracles at rest, leaning on his club; it is a Hellenistic copy of the Heracles of Lysippus (dated around 320 BC), of the same type as the Farnese Hercules.[2][3]
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