USEO DELLE TERME Hellenistic, in front of the left window in the principal room (fig. 162). The bashlik-like head-covering shows it to be that of a Persian, the distortion of the features and the dim eyes show him to be dying. Both the marble and the style are those of Pergamon. We have heard that… … sculptures found Fig. 162. — Head of a Dying Persian. in the House of the Vestals in the Forum : all are portraits of priest- esses of Vesta. They are especially interesting because they show us plainly the peculiar dress of the vestals. Six plaits of hair (sex erines) were first wound tightly…
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