Fragment of a marble neo-Attic relief with Peitho

1st century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158

This fragment shows Peitho, the personification of persuasion, seated on a high pillar with one hand on a dove and the other holding the edge of her himation (cloak). This scene was part of a decorative relief of Helen being persuaded by Aphrodite to leave her husband and go off to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris. The work was produced for the Roman market. A well-preserved Roman relief in the Archaeological Museum of Naples (Mus. Naz. 6682) shows the entire composition with all the names inscribed.

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Title: Fragment of a marble neo-Attic relief with Peitho
Period: Late Republican
Date: 1st century BCE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Marble, Pentelic
Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.)
width 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.)
depth 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.210.27
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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