Grave Stele

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Seated northeast of Athens in Psychiko, a grief-stricken mother sits on a stool, her eyes fixed sorrowfully on her infant. The baby, held by another woman standing nearby, stretches out its arms towards its mother with an anguished cry. Phylonoe, the lifeless figure, is immortalized in an epigram etched into the stone above. Experts believe this poignant work to be the handiwork of the sculptor behind grave relief no. 726, based on similarities in their rendering style.