Discobolus

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The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", Greek: Δισκοβόλος, 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 surviving Roman copies. Copies are either smaller scaled in bronze or full-scale in marble, such as the Discobolus Palombara or the Townley Discobolus. The Palombara was the first to be discovered, in 1781 at the Villa Palombara on the Esquiline Hill. 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.

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