Portrait of a Hierophant

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Geoffrey Marchal
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published on 03 April 2018

Portrait of a hierophant (priest), circa 120-130, Athens, marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussles, Belgium). Made with Capturing Reality.

Presumed portrait of the hierophant (high priest of Eleusian festivals) who initiated the emperor Hadrian to the mysteries of Eleusis.

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Marchal, G. (2018, April 03). Portrait of a Hierophant. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/206/portrait-of-a-hierophant/

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