Paidagogos vs Reluctant Pupil
Reluctant child physically pulled along by the paidagogos. The statuette shows the paidagogos holding the boy to his right by the ear, forcibly dragging him behind him. The boy’s resistance is made very evident: he is leaning away from the paidagogos in an attempt to free his ear; he crosses his outermost (and so free) arm across his body in order to try to remove the paidagogos’ hand; and his struggle causes the paidagogos himself to become unbalanced, pulling him sideways under the child’s weight. The younger sister of boy completes the scene.
Clay statuette
Height 10 cm.
4th century BC
From Pella
Berlin, Altes Museum, Inv. TC 7084
Figurina di terracotta, Terracotta figurine, hellenistic art, arte ellenistica, Tanagra, Berlino, Berlin, Altes Museum, Antikensammlung, TC 7084, 7084
Paidagogos vs Reluctant Pupil
Reluctant child physically pulled along by the paidagogos. The statuette shows the paidagogos holding the boy to his right by the ear, forcibly dragging him behind him. The boy’s resistance is made very evident: he is leaning away from the paidagogos in an attempt to free his ear; he crosses his outermost (and so free) arm across his body in order to try to remove the paidagogos’ hand; and his struggle causes the paidagogos himself to become unbalanced, pulling him sideways under the child’s weight. The younger sister of boy completes the scene.
Clay statuette
Height 10 cm.
4th century BC
From Pella
Berlin, Altes Museum, Inv. TC 7084
Figurina di terracotta, Terracotta figurine, hellenistic art, arte ellenistica, Tanagra, Berlino, Berlin, Altes Museum, Antikensammlung, TC 7084, 7084