| DATE | ca. 340 BC |
| AUTHOR | Unknown artist - Peloponnese - Greece |
| MEDIA | Bronze |
| SIZE | 200 cm (7') tall |
| LOCATION | Greece - Athens - Archeological Museum |
| NOTES | This statue, found in the area of an ancient Roman shipwreck off the island of Antikythera, represents a god or a hero who held a spherical object in his right hand. It could well be Paris, whose judgment of the three goddesses and the apple of discord led to the Trojan War. It is one of the most brilliant products of the Peloponnesian bronze sculpture, perhaps the work of the famous sculptor Euphranor.
It has the form of a Classical statue, with that rhythm in the body that the Greeks were the only people of the ancient world to study and achieve successfully. Newer elements of the 4th century are the turning of the head towards the relaxed right leg which is drawn back so that only the toes touch the ground. The left arm, hanging free, is balanced by the looseness of the right leg, while the left is tensed to match the right arm. |
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