Cast Gallery catalogue number: A009

A banquet, probably in honour of Herakles.

• Plaster cast: Height: 82cm, Width: 2.9m.
• Copy of part of a marble frieze.
• The frieze:
  • is from the Temple of Athena at Assos.
  • was made about 540-520 BC.
  • was brought to the Louvre in 1838 by Raoul Rochette.
• This part of the frieze is now in Paris, Musée du Louvre, Ma 2829.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

A 009
Symposium; Assos relief

Marble
Architectural Relief
France, Paris, Louvre, 2829