Aversa- Ancient Faces
Portrait of Demosthenes​​
Demosthenes, was a prominent fourth-century B.C. orator and outspoken opponent of Macedonian control over Athens. He committed suicide to avoid capture and execution. Decades later, the Athenians commissioned Polyeuktos to create an honorific bronze statue of the orator to stand in the Agora.Though the statue is lost, copies of the head in the Roman period survived. Demosthenes's expressed worry over the future of Athens. It is recognized as one of the first portraits to reflect the subject’s psychological condition.