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Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
The youth wearing a pilos (pointed helmet) is a common type among Tarentine terracottas. In earlier scholarship, these figures were identified as the Dioskouroi, Kastor and Polydeukes, who with their sisters Helen and Klytamnestra, were offspring of Leda. The identity of the youths is now undefined.
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Title: Terracotta head of a youth
Period: Classical
Date: late 5th–4th century BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.210.155
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