Discobolus: greek

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Discobolus

Apr 22, 2011 21:24

The discus thrower of Myron c460-450 BC. This is a plaster cast, coloured to look like the lost bronze original, of the discubolus, known from several Roman marble copies, in particular from Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. At the Ashmolean.

god: warrior, museum: ashmolean, material: plaster, date: 5th cent. bc, type: male full figure, origin: greek