A ROMAN MARBLE HERA EPEKOOS

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE HERA EPEKOOS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Standing with her weight on her straight left leg, her right bent with the foot out to the side, clad in a high-belted chiton, knotted below her breasts with the ties descending below, her himation wrapped around her back, across her body, and falling over her left arm, its U-shaped folds cascading along her right leg contrasting with the vertical pleats of the chiton, extending to the splayed hem, her shod feet emerging from below, a peahen to her left, the remains of her staff to the right, a Greek inscription on the integral plinth, reading: "Diodoros and Sabinos, sons of Mukianos (dedicate) a thank offering to the goddess Hera Epekoos"
22 in. (55.6 cm.) high

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with William Froelich, New York, 1998.

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Lot Essay

The epithet Epekoos ("who-listens-to-prayer") is frequently connected to a great variety of gods and heroes, including Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes and Zeus. It is only rarely used in connection with Hera, as seen here. For an example from Bulgaria, in which both Zeus and Hera are called "Epekooi," see no. 5286, p. 146 in E. Mihailov, ed., Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria Repertae, Vol. V; for one from Pisidia, on which Hera Epekoos is invoked, see no. 5, pp. 336-337 in M. Collignon, "Inscriptions de Pisidie et de Pamphylie" in Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, Vol. 3.

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