Statue of a sleeping Maenad

Statue of a sleeping Maenad

The Pentelic marble statue of a Sleeping Maenad is from Athens around the time of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138). It was found to the south of the Athenian Acropolis and presumably adorned a luxury residence. The Maenad is asleep, lying on a panther skin spread on a rocky surface. The type is known as the reclining Hermaphrodite but in this sculpture without male genitalia.

in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

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