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09-May-2026

Hermes of Praxiteles - at the museum in Olympia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_and_the_Infant_Dionysus

"Found during excavations at the temple of Hera is 1877. The messenger of the gods, charged by Zeus to take the infant Dionysos to the Nymphs, who were to nurse him, rests on the way having thrown his cloak over a tree trunk.

In his raised right arm he was probably holding a bunch of grapes, a symbol associated with the future god of wine. Dionysos reaches out for it."

One can see how exquisite the work is by the details on the torso and the legs. You can see the muscles and bones!

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