Terracotta head of a youth

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late 5th–4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 5th–4th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Tarentine

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1910