Artist Unknown Greek Philosopher Socrates Alabaster Bust Head Statue Sculpture Décor 5.9 inches

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The bust was dressed on the set of Gladiator as it bore a striking resemblance to Richard Harris playing Marcus Aurelius. However, Philip’s reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of the Roman Republic. Jones, Daniel (2006). English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-68086-8.

This bust depicts Philip V King of Macedon wearing a Phrygian-style helmet, which was common among the Macedonians. Philip V was king from 221 to 179 BC. He stated that nobody “needs to be taught what a circle or a triangle is.” People know these concepts naturally, which suggests that they must have learned things like these in a former life. G. M. A. Richter, The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks (New Haven, 1929), 175-6, fig. 624 (19302), 233-5, fig. 624; Philip V was succeeded by his eldest son Perseus, who ruled as the last king of Macedon. Bust of Philip V of MacedonK. Fittschen et al., Verzeichnis der Gipsabgüsse des Archäologischen Instituts der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Göttingen, 1990), 132, A 594 (bibl.); Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. In other words, he sought the absolute and rejected the relative; he studied the essence of morality and disregarded what he saw as more superficial moral issues.

A. H. Smith, A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Vol. I (London 1892), 288-9, no. 549; Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers Book II, Chapter 5, Section 19". Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 . Retrieved 24 January 2022. In ancient art, double herms were a common statue type. While in Greece they were displayed in public rooms, in the Roman empire they were shown in private spaces. [ citation needed] Thus, the combination of the two philosophers here owed something to the personal inclinations of the person who commissioned it, even if it is not clear why these two philosophers were linked in particular. Probably it has to do with the fact that they were both forced to commit suicide. The presentation of philosophers (and poets) as double herms was the most common use of this genre. This parallel presentation is also seen in literature, for example in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch. A. M. Nielsen, ‘Det Graeske Ansigt’, in A.M. Nielsen (ed.), Ansigter (En Temabog, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1989), 28, fig. 26;

Portrait of Socrates

The alabaster mantle is a modern addition.Aristotle (384–322 BC) was a philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Brun, Jean (1978). Socrate (in French) (6thed.). Presses universitaires de France. pp.39–40. ISBN 978-2-13-035620-2. Along with his teacher Plato, he is considered the “Father of Western Philosophy.” His writings cover many subjects and provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing before him. At seventeen years of age, he joined Plato’s Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven.

Wolfsdorf 2013, p.34: Others include Charmides, Crito, Euthydemus, Euthyphro, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Laches, Lysis, Protagoras. Benson 2011, p.179, also adds parts of Meno. He would lead Macedon against Rome in the First and Second Macedonian Wars, losing both but allying with Rome in the Roman-Seleucid War towards the end of his reign. G. H. Chase, Greek and Roman Sculpture in American Collections (Cambridge, Mass., 1924), 65, fig. 71; Using the dialectical method (meaning dialogue) he started from a less precise definition and reached a more precise, valid and universal definition of concepts through intense dialogues with his interlocutors.Piety had, for Athenians, a broad meaning. It included not just respect for the gods, but also for the dead and ancestors. The impious individual was seen as a contaminant who, if not controlled or punished, might bring upon the city the wrath of the gods--Athena, Zeus, or Apollo--in the form of plague or sterility. The ritualistic religion of Athens included no scripture, church, or priesthood. Rather, it required--in addition to belief in the gods-- observance of rites, prayers, and the offering of sacrifices. Philip, as a young man, was a charismatic and courageous warrior, and he was inevitably compared to Alexander the Great.

Before the Hellenistic period (i.e. after Alexander’s death in 323 BC), ancient Greek sculptors did not strive to create realistic portraits. They tended to create more idealized representations, such as the famous bust of Themistocles. Greek portraits probably did not reproduce the subject accurately. The Greeks were not like the Romans, who excelled when it came to the creation of realistic portraits of people.Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases. The owner of the bust, Mark Farley, who gave me a private tour of his jaw-dropping film and TV prop house Farley’s recently, gave me some low down on this striking antique. It is in fact a late 17th Century Italian piece, Heroic (size) white marble and porphyry bust of a philosopher with gilt bronze robes. I enjoyed meeting the Gladiator bust in person – which sits loud and proud in Farley’s – suppliers of fine antique furniture, art and action props to the theatre, television and film industries He made no writings and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. Mark bought it in 1995 from Mayfair antique dealers Mallet, London. They also have a New York showroom.