{"id":16775,"date":"2026-03-05T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16775"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:02:09","slug":"alexander-the-great-leochares-portrait-head-18-cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/product\/alexander-the-great-leochares-portrait-head-18-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander the Great \u2013 Leochares Portrait Head 18 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"1058\">This sculptural head represents <strong data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"761\">Alexander the Great<\/strong>, the legendary king of Macedonia whose campaigns reshaped the ancient world and marked the beginning of the Hellenistic age. The work is based on the celebrated <strong data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"944\">Head of Alexander<\/strong> attributed to the renowned Greek sculptor <strong data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1000\">Leochares<\/strong>, one of the leading artists of the late Classical period.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1431\">The <strong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1139\">original sculpture is preserved today in the Acropolis Museum in Athens<\/strong>. It is carved from <strong data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1178\">Pentelic marble<\/strong> and dates to <strong data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1217\">shortly after 338 BCE<\/strong>, following the <strong data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1256\">Battle of Chaeronea<\/strong>, when Alexander visited Athens as a young prince. The piece was discovered in <strong data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1390\">1886 near the Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1774\">The portrait displays the distinctive features associated with Alexander\u2019s official imagery: youthful idealized features, parted lips, deep-set eyes, and the characteristic <strong data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1618\">anastole<\/strong>, the upward sweep of hair above the forehead. These elements became defining traits in later representations of the ruler throughout the Hellenistic world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1901\">The sculpture remains one of the most important surviving portraits of Alexander from the Classical Greek artistic tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"19c3f381-acbf-4d8a-bf78-e4c3e419b8d4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"2108\">A portrait of Alexander the Great inspired by the marble head attributed to <strong data-start=\"2001\" data-end=\"2014\">Leochares<\/strong>, dating to shortly after <strong data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2051\">338 BCE<\/strong> and preserved today in the <strong data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2107\">Acropolis Museum, Athens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-flex border border-gray-100 dark:border-gray-700 rounded-xl\">\n<div class=\"text-token-text-secondary flex items-center justify-center gap-4 px-4 py-2.5 text-sm whitespace-nowrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[17,18,444,39,396],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16775","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-sculptures","product_cat-bronze-sculptures","product_cat-collection-iv","product_cat-statues","product_cat-busts-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16775"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}