Olympia - Regilla, Priestess of Demeter
Marble statue, probably representing Herodes Atticus' wife, Appia Annia Regilla. Herodes Atticus, philosopher and educator of Marcus Aurelius, built in Olympia a Nymphaeum as a dedication of his wife to the gods and as attestation of their loyalty to the emperor. The Regilla's statue style refers to the Large Herculaneum Woman type; it was realized when she was priestess of Demeter Chamyne at Olympia in 153 CE; this priestess was the only woman officially allowed to view the games.
Marble statue
Height 183 cm
Mid of the 2nd century AD
Olympia, Archaeological Museum, Inv. no. Λ 156
Olympia - Regilla, Priestess of Demeter
Marble statue, probably representing Herodes Atticus' wife, Appia Annia Regilla. Herodes Atticus, philosopher and educator of Marcus Aurelius, built in Olympia a Nymphaeum as a dedication of his wife to the gods and as attestation of their loyalty to the emperor. The Regilla's statue style refers to the Large Herculaneum Woman type; it was realized when she was priestess of Demeter Chamyne at Olympia in 153 CE; this priestess was the only woman officially allowed to view the games.
Marble statue
Height 183 cm
Mid of the 2nd century AD
Olympia, Archaeological Museum, Inv. no. Λ 156