e/Hermes Logios (sculpture)

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has gloss	eng: Hermes Logos is a statue of Hermes of the Hermes Logios type in the Ludovisi Collection of the Palazzo Altemps (National Museum of Rome), Rome, Italy. It is a marble Roman copy (late 1st century to early 2nd century AD) after a Greek original of the 5th century BC, perhaps by Phidias. The statue is a representation of the god in the act of speaking, one of the attributes of Hermes being his eloquent and persuasive speech. The physique of the Ludovisi Hermes Logos is a combination that is a summation of the attributes of the god; the muscled torso and broad shoulders of a wrestler (Hermes was the god the Greeks held responsible for inventing the sport) and the long lean legs of a runner; his feet and hands not particularly muscular. The body of Hermes is that of a mature man, while the head of the god is beardless, some might say "youthful." Hermes carries a chalmys (travellers cloak) over his left arm, he is standing with his right arm lifted in a gesture of speaking. Beneath his petasus (winged cap) his hair is an intricate arrangement of tight curls.
lexicalization	eng: Hermes Logios
instance of	(noun) art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together) triptych

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