![]() ![]() in the buff save for a now mostly missing olive wreath), in the Getty Villa in Malibu. Few of these life-sized bronze sculptures exist today, but a likely example is the Hellenistic “Statue of a Victorious Youth” that now resides, clad as he was during the competition (i.e. Triumphant athletes who competed in Greek agones (athletic competitions) like the Olympics were often awarded the right to erect a bronze statue of themselves at both the place where they competed and also in their hometown - if they had the funds to pay for it. ![]() Many of the statues of athletes that survive from antiquity were originally understood as markers of a victory. To understand the original “Discobolos” or “Discobolus of Myron,” we must first understand why it was likely created. From Hadrian to Hitler, its display was often manipulated to project the ideals of the men who exhibited the discus thrower. Although only Roman, white marble copies of Myron’s bronze, Greek original survive today (except for a miniature bronze statuette in the Munich Glyptothek), the statue has been a metric for beauty since antiquity. One of the most celebrated statues from antiquity remains the “Discobolus of Myron,” praised as the personification of equilibrium, strength, and athletic beauty. The Lancellotti Discobolus and a fragmentary statue of the Lancellotti type, both Roman copies of Myron’s original, second century CE, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome (photograph by Carole Raddato via Flickr) ![]()
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