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Terminal Figure with Three Male Heads

DECORATIVE y7v · p.334
Terminal Figure with Three Male Heads
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Classical herm/terminal figure on pedestal. Three male heads facing different directions. Decorative garden element.

In the Narrative

A garden herm in the classical tradition, the three heads perhaps representing past, present, and future — or the three faces of Hecate.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH