Seated Chares, Governor of Teichioussa
Seated Chares, Governor of Teichioussa
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Published 2019-03-25T11:21:54+00:00
This marble statue is the only one of the group that we can identify today. The inscription on the front and side of the right chair leg says,
"I am Chares, son of Kleisis, ruler of Teichioussa. A gift to Apllo".
This is one of the few surviving Greek statues that is referred to in an ancient inscription. It is also one of the earliest named monumental 'portraits', although in this period a portrait was not intended to be an actual likeness.
Didyma (/ˈdɪdɪmə/; Ancient Greek: Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia and belonged to the famous city of Miletus. Apollo was the main deity of the sanctuary of Didyma, also called Didymaion. It contained temples for the twins Apollo and Artemis. Other deities were adorned within the sanctuary too. The Didymaion was well known in antiquity because of its oracle. This oracle of Apollo was situated within the world’s greatest temple for Apollo.
GR 1869 12-26.5 (Sculpture B278, Inscription 933)
| Date published | 25/03/2019 |
| Complexity | Easy |
| Title | Seated Chares, Governor of Teichioussa |
| Date | 570BC-560BC (circa) |
| Dimension | Height: 1.49 metres |
| Accession | 1859,1226.5 |
| Period | Greek |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Excavated by: Sir Charles Thomas Newton |
| Record | https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=459754&partId=1&searchText=chares&page=1 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | British Museum |
