SOCRATES HIMSELF
"A statuette of Socrates, Delleved to represent him faithfully as he walked and taught in the streets of Athens will shortly be on view in the Greek and Roman department of the, British Museum,” says the ‘Morning l / Post’ "The statuette, which stands some eleven Inches high, is probably the only example of its kind in existence, and except for damage to one of the feet Is In an excellent 'state of preservation. Archaeologists who have examined it are unanimous in their view that -it is unquestionably Socrates who is represented. It portrays the familiar coarse face, rough beard, and snub nose, but the result Is not grotesque and there can be no question as to the intelligence of the sculptured figure. The date is believed to be about 100 years after the death of the philosopher, and the Dreatment is realistic rather than idealistic. Socrates is represented as w earing the hlmation and chiton, and is of the Hellenistic period, whereas other busts n existence all belong to
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3256, 28 January 1926, Page 10
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