[Agora Publication] Kousser (2015): The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

Kousser, Rachel ... Oxford Books ... 76-84 ... 2015 ... The Mutilation of the Herms: Violence toward Images in the late 5th century BC

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[Agora Publication] Agora XI: Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... The latter are the Hekataia (a triple Hekate figure) and the herms. The chronological range is thus from the earliest Archaic kouros (ca. 600 B.C.) through the herms and Hekataia of the Roman period. Among other questions, the author explores the nature of the archaizing movement and the different types of herms and how they were used in the Agora.

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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0087

The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 ... The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C.

[Agora Publication] Pena and Ojeda (2020): Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

Pena, Antonio Ojeda, David ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 89.1 1 83-124 ... 2020 ... Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great

[Agora Object] T 1567: Figurine Fragment

Square box-like object. Broken away from the left side of a figurine. Clusters of grapes hang down its front. Traces of white and pink color. ADDENDA: Blond clay. Belongs with the Herms T 1566. Cistern ... 25-29 February 1936 ... Broken away from the left side of a figurine. ... Belongs with the Herms T 1566.

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[Agora Object] S 1945: Herms Incised on Stone

Fully preserved. Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it. Lower herm ithyphallic, upper not. Very crudely done. Pentelic marble. From dump of earth from cistern ... 12 May 1956 ... Roughly oblong chunk of marble with two herms, one above the other incised in it.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1338 (HAT 72-59)

Herms by the Pan Painter on pelike, in Louvre ... comparative material ... 1972 ... Herms by the Pan Painter on pelike, in Louvre.

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[Agora Image] 1997.10.0224 (XXVI-86)

Parts of two female herms and the slab between them ... Mantis 2007. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1947 ... Parts of two female herms and the slab between them.