Collection: Delos Archaeological Museum
Title: West Acroterion, Temple of the Athenians
Context: From Delos
Findspot: Excavated at Delos, in front of the West facade of the Temple of the Athenians (found by T. Homolle in May-June 1878)
Summary: Eos and Kephalos, with a dog between them
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Architectural
Category: Statuary group
Placement: Akroterion
Style: High Classical
Technique: In-the-round
Original or Copy: Original
Date: ca. 421 BC - ca. 417 BC
Scale: Under life-size
Region: Cyclades
Period: High Classical
In Group: Sculptures from the Temple of the Athenians, Delos


Form & Style: Attic style

Condition: Fragmentary

Condition Description: This group is comprised of two non-joining fragments.

Material Description: Pentelic, according to Hermary

Associated Building: Delos, Temple of the Athenians

Sources Used: Hermary 1984, 24 no. 12, pl. 11 (with previous bibliography); Bruneau 1983, 68; Ridgway 1983, 61