Archinos relief
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Archinos relief |
| Context: | From Oropos, Amphiaraion |
| Findspot: | Found at Oropos, Amphiaraion |
| Summary: | Relief in the form of a shrine, showing Amphiaraos treating a wounded man |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Medium relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 400 BC - ca. 380 BC |
| Dimensions: | H 0.49 m; W. 0.545 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: From left to right this relief illustrates three successive episodes connected with the cure of Archinos by Amphiaraos. In the first scene, shown in the foreground (in highest relief) the bearded healing god Amphiaraos, standing profile to the right, leaning on a staff, treats the right shoulder of a young man, identified as Archinos (both figures are identified by inscription). The injured young man is shown again, in the back, lying in a frontal posture on a bed, while a snake slithers over his shoulder. Just to the right of this is a third scene illustrating Archinos' dedication of a stele to Amphiaraos.
Form & Style: The relief is in the form of a shrine, enclosed by two rectangular antae that support an architrave. Two apotropaic eyes are shown on the center of the cornice, above this relief.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: Rectangular stele is intact, although chipped and weathered on the surface and edges.
Inscription: An inscription identifies this relief as a dedication by Archinos to Amphiaraos:
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