Detail from a votive relief, Pentelic marble, 2nd c. C.E.<br><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Polydeukes" title="Category:Polydeukes">Polydeukes</a>/Polydeukion was the favorite pupil and beloved of stoic philosopher and millionaire philanthropist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herodes_Atticus" class="mw-redirect" title="Herodes Atticus">Herodes Atticus</a>. He died while still a youth, and his mentor organized a cult in his honor, analogous to that devised by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hadrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a> for <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Antinous" title="Antinous">Antinous</a>. Here he is shown with heroic attributes: the serpent, and his nudity.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens" class="extiw" title="en:National Archaeological Museum, Athens">National Archeological Museum, Athens</a>, Nr 1450.
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2005-10-08
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