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Discobolus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Discus Thrower, Discobolus (The Discus Thrower), The Discus Thrower
thumb|Roman bronze reproduction of Myron's Discobolus, 2nd century AD ([[Glyptothek, Munich)]] thumb|3D model of a replica at National Gallery of Denmark, Denmark. The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", , Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period in around 460–450 BC that depicts an ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus. Though the original Greek bronze cast is lost, the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, which is cheaper than bronze, such as the Palombara Discobolus, the first to be recovered, and s
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- statue
- Depicts
- athletics competitor
- Material used
- bronze
- Creator
- Myron
- Image
- Discobolus in National Roman Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.JPG
- Height
- 156
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- different from
- Discophoros
- culture
- culture of ancient Rome
- inception
- 0450-00-00
- Commons category
- Discobolus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- title
- Discobolus (The Discus Thrower)
- time period
- Ancient Greece
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Reputation in the past
- ''Discobolus'' and ''Discophorus''
- ''Discobolus Palombara'' or ''Lancellotti''
- ''Townley Discobolus''
- Other copies
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
thumb|Roman bronze reproduction of Myron's Discobolus, 2nd century AD ([[Glyptothek, Munich)]] thumb|3D model of a replica at National Gallery of Denmark, Denmark. The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", , Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period in around 460–450 BC that depicts an ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus. Though the original Greek bronze cast is lost, the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, which is cheaper than bronze, such as the Palombara Discobolus, the first to be recovered, and smaller scaled versions in bronze.
A norm in Ancient Greek athletics, the Discobolus is presented nude. His pose appears unnatural to a human and is considered as per modern standards a rather inefficient way to throw the discus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Discobolus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.