Attic gravestone in Piraeus depicting an apoxyomenos (skin-scraper). See description for more information.

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The inscription tells us this is the tombstone of Agetor, son of Apollodoros of Megara. Ca. 370-350 BC. The young athlete uses a strigil to scrape oil and dust from his skin in the gymnasium or palaestra. His cloak and oil flask (aryballos) hang beside him.

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Size: 3371px × 5128px
Location: Piraeus, Attica Attika, Greece
Photo credit: © Erin Babnik / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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