FILE: 40_Hermes and the Infant Dionysos.jpg

TITLE: SCULPTURE - Hermes and the Infant Dionysos - GREECE

DESCRIPTION: PRE-HELLENESTIC PERIOD. By sculptor named Praxiteles. Hermes rescues baby and probably held grapes with missing arm c/o Dionysus is god of wine. Extreme elongation of Hermes' body. Roman copy (see drapery support).