Roman, 1st century CE, after an Early-Hellenistic original, made of marble, from Ephesus
The head presumably comes from a herm and represents a type long - but erroneously - identified as the philosopher Appolonius of Tyana. Today, it is regarded as a retrospective portrait of Homer, an identification also supported by ancient coins. The portrait is connected with a statue of Homer once put up in Athens and described as depicting him "with straggly hair".
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