Double Herm with Thucydides and Herodotus at the Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Vienna

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A herm is a stone pillar with a rectangular section, topped with a head that marks crossroads and boundaries, serving as a wayside shrine for travelers. Herms were initially reserved for gods but later used for portrait busts, as seen in this janiform example. Thucydides was a historian who documented the wars between Athens and Sparta, championing the Athenian general Perikles. In contrast, Herodotus traveled extensively, wrote widely, and aimed to be more impartial. He questioned implausible events and is often called 'the Father of History'. Both historians were writing in the fifth century BCE; this herm represents a Roman adaptation of a Greek original. This scan originates from Oliver Laric's initiative 'threedscans', part of his ongoing project, 'Versions', which explores historical and contemporary ideas about image hierarchies. Every model produced by Laric is free to download and use without copyright restrictions. If you utilize the models, please notify stw@myminifactory.com and contact@threedscans.com