Diskobolos (discus-thrower) of Myron. An athlete is coiled up in a taut, momentary pose, about to throw the discus - one of the pentathlete's five events. The cast combines a headless statue from Hadrian's Villa and the head of a statue found in Rome. Copied closely from a lost bronze victor statue by the Athenian sculptor, Myron, active c 460-440 BC.

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Diskobolos (discus-thrower) of Myron. An athlete is coiled up in a taut, momentary pose, about to throw the discus - one of the pentathlete's five events. The cast combines a headless statue from Hadrian's Villa and the head of a statue found in Rome. Copied closely from a lost bronze victor statue by the Athenian sculptor, Myron, active c 460-440 BC.

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: archival, archive, bronze, discus, discus-thrower, diskobolos, figure, historical, history, male, man, myron, roman, statue, thrower