Hegeso, the daughter of Proxenos

Stele of Hegeso

c. 400 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Pentelic marble Stele for a woman called Hegeso inscribed on the stele. One of the most famous and beautiful pieces of sculpture, located in the Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens. Hegeso seating on a Klysmos chair with her servant facing her offering to her a jewelry box.

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