Another fine marble portrait bust of a teenager is of Polydeukion, found in Kiphisia, Attica. c. AD 150. It was discovered together with the bust of Herodes Atticus, a wealthy Athenian sophist and the benefactor of Athens and other cities.
Polydeukion was Herodes’ Atticus pupil and favourite. He was heroised by his master after he died in his teens. This is particularly clear from the marble votive relief in the form of a naiskos, found in Arkadia, Peloponnese. c. AD 150-160. The youth in the middle has been identified with Polydeukion. His nudity, the horse, and the snake that he is feeding characterise him as a hero. A young slave holds out his helmet.
in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens