Marble bust of Antisthenes (ca. 445-365 BCE), Socratic philosopher sometimes credited as the founder
Marble bust of Antisthenes (ca. 445-365 BCE), Socratic philosopher sometimes credited as the founder of the Cynic school. Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original (late 3rd/early 2nd. cent. BCE). Found on the Via Appia, Rome; now in the British Museum. -- source link
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