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Photographer: Trustees of the British Museum
Sculptor: Myron
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H: 169 cm ; W: 105 cm ; D: 63 cm
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This statue is one of several Graeco-Roman copies of a lost fifth-century BCE bronze statue made by the sculptor Myron. Originally the head would have been turned towards the the discus but was restored looking away .
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Attributed to the Trustees of the British Museum under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
Abstract
Marble statue of a nude athlete preparing to throw a discus.
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