PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS MEN

The Romans were very fond of portraits, is therefore not surprising that they dedicated to reworking of portraits of great figures sculpted by major Greek artists.

Among these we see:

Homer, V century BC;

Pericles portrait Kresylas, V century;

Miltiades, V century;

Alexander the Great, IV century;

Sophocles, IV century;

Euripides, IV century;

Epicurus, IV century,

and Demosthenes, portrayed by Polyeuktos, III century.