Bronze statue of a youth from the Antikythera shipwreck (340-330 BC) in the National Archaelogical Museum, Athens, Greece.
Bronze statue of a youth ("ephebe" - "teenager") from the Antikythera shipwreck (340-330 BC) in the National Archaelogical Museum, Athens, Greece. The Ephebe, which measures meters, slightly over lifesize, was retrieved in numerous fragments. Its first restoration was revised in the 1950s, under the direction of Christos Karouzos, changing the focus of the eyes, the configuration of the abdomen, the connection between the torso and the right upper thigh and the position of the right arm; the re-restoration is universally considered a success.[2] The Ephebe does not correspond to any familiar iconographic model, and there are no known copies of the type. He held a spherical object in his right hand,[3] and possibly may have represented Paris presenting the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite; however, since Paris is consistently depicted cloaked and with the distinctive Phrygian cap, other scholars have suggested a beardless, youthful Heracles with the Apple of the Hesperides.[2] It has also been suggested that the youth is a depiction of Perseus holding the head of the slain Gorgon.[2] At any rate, the loss of the context of the Antikythera Ephebe has stripped it of its original cultural meaning. It is, perhaps, the work of the famous sculptor Euphranor, trained in the Polyclitan tradition, who did make a sculpture of Paris, according to Pliny (SOURCE: wikipedia)
Size: 5474px × 3654px
Location: National archaeological museum, Athens, Attica, Greece, Europe
Photo credit: © Hercules Milas / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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