ATHLETE, HYMEN OR MELEAGER? AN INTAGLIO FROM OLBIA
Journal: Novensia
Year: 2023

An intaglio found during National Museum in Warsaw excavations at the Olbia Pontica site in 2018 depicts a young male figure with a torch. This gem, made of carnelian, is dated to the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the first century AD. The identification of the figure engraved on stone considers three different possibilities: athlete, Hymen and Meleager, and discusses it in the context of an unknown possible sculptural model for the representations as well as remarks on person