Athena, Hera and Aphrodite vied for Paris ... Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity.

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The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.