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At the end of the 5th century BC there is some evidence, mainly from texts, for real portraiture, but down to the mid-4th century it tends to be of the long-dead (Homer and others) or of the recently dead, and often much depends on interpretation of the character of the dead (Homer, as blind and wise; Socrates looking like a satyr) rather than any real knowledge of the subject's features

Portrait of Homer
  • Portrait of Homer 4th century BC
Portrait of Socrates
  • Portrait of Socrates. Late 4th century BC
Portrait of Euripedes
  • Portrait of the playwright Euripides, about 330 BC
Portrait of Demosthenes
  • Portrait of the orator Demosthenes, by Polyeuktos, early 3rd century BC

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