Alexander the great statue

Euphranor, Group Philip and Alexander the Great in Quadriga, Roman copy, det. Alexander's Head, c.338-36 BCE

Hellenistic period, mid-late 2nd c. BCE Found at Manisa (ancient Magnesia ad Sipylum; see on Pleiades), Lydia, Anatolia In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum Inv. 709 T (Mendel 536) arachne.dainst.org/entity/1067816

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Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of Macedon, a state in northern Greece. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in ancient history, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. - Alexander the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | bit.ly/onHATN

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The Acropolis Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, houses the findings of only one archaeological site, the Athenian Acropolis and its slopes. The masterpieces that form its collection offer a comprehensive overview of the character and historical course of the site that became a global landmark of both the ancient and the modern world.

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Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia (336-323 BC) | Copy from Lysippe, born in Sicyone (Greece), in activity c. 370-300 BC | Marble, Italy ?, c.130 AC | Louvre Lens (France) | Photo : Hervé Leyrit

Marble head of Alexander, copy from 130 AD of an original Lysippos. Museum of Louvre-Lens

credit: Marco Prins www.livius.org/pictures/a/alexander/the-azara-herm-4/ It is clear that the sculptor did not idealize the king; it is the only portrait that represents what Alexander really looked like.

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Photographed at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California.