Head of Aristogeiton, one of the Tyrant-slayers.

• Plaster cast: Height: 53cm.
• Copy of the head of a marble statue from the group known as the "Tyrannicides" or "Tyrant-slayers".

The group:
• is a version of the original group made by Kritios and Nesiotes and set up near the Athens Agora in 477/6 BC.
The head:
• was found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli in 1779 by Jose Nicolas de Azara.
• is now in Madrid, Museo Arqueologico.
• A. Blanco, Catálogo de la Escultura (Madrid, 1957) 61-62, pls. 35-36.

Text: Copyright (c) Beazley Archive 1997 - 2002
Images: Copyright (c) Ashmolean Museum

Original artwork by Claire Murphy