Greek Philosopher SOCRATES Alabaster Bust Head Statue Sculpture Décor 5.9 inches

Alabaster is the stone of art par excellence, a much-appreciated resource for sculptors and architects who, from antiquity until these days, have been able to take advantage of its characteristic features. Αlabaster  was very widely used for small sculpture for indoor use in the ancient world, especially in Ancient Greece , Egypt and Mesopotaiam.

Socrates (470/469 – 399 BC)

 was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes.