Pair of athletes (Delphi)
The pair of athletes, two bronze figurines at the Delphi Archaeological Museum, remind vividly of the Pythian Games.
Description[]
In separate, free-standing cases in the middle of room 9 of the Delphi Archaeological Museum bronze statuettes are exhibited: a Corinthian figurine of a man wearing himation and playing the aulos (460–450 BC), a bronze incense-burner in the form of a "peplophoros", and two naked athletes dated to the same period and originating from Attica. One of the athletes holds a halter and a wreath (or strigil). These figurines constitute a proof of the Pythian Games, both athletic and musical, which took place in Delphi every four years.[1]
References[]
- ^ Kolonia, R., 2006, The Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Athens
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Categories:
- Ancient Greek bronze statues of the classical period
- Collection of the Delphi Archaeological Museum
- Nude sculptures in Greece
- Bronze sculptures in Greece
- Sculptures of men in Greece