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View of Antinoos statue
Statue of Antinoos

This is the statue of Antinoos who was the favorite young man of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD). Unfortunately, only the head and parts of the body and the himation (mantle) have survived. According to certain scholars the statue belongs to a wrestler who is depicted in the features of Antinoos. It is one of the numerous statues produced after the premature death by drowning of the young man from Bithynia in the river Nile. His death caused great sorrow to the Emperor who ordered the production of Antinoos' statues. The beautiful facial features of the young man are idealized, a trait typical of works dating from the 2nd century A.D.
Exhibit Features
Date: 117-138 B.C.
Place of discovery: Ancient Olympia
Dimensions: height: 1,40 m (preserved)
Material: pentelic marble
Inventory number: Λ 104, Λ 208
Exhibition hole: Exhibition hall 9
Copyright: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
 
 
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
 
Olympia III, Berlin, 1894, 241, abb. 274, 276
 
Olympia Bericht V, Berlin, 1956, 128 ff., Taf. 76-79
 
Herrmann H.-V., Olympia. Heiligtum und Wettkampefstatte, Munchen, 1972, 192, Taf. 70.
 
Mallwitz A., Herrmann H.V., Die Funde aus Olympia, Αθήνα, 1980, 210, Taf. 150
 
Γιαλούρη Α., Γιαλούρης Ν., Ολυμπία. Το μουσείο και το ιερό, Αθήνα, 1991, 167-168
 
Αραπογιάννη Ξ., Ολυμπία. Η κοιτίδα των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, Αθήνα, 2001, 357