Search Results: Discobolus

Discovered in 1791 CE in the Villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE)at Tivoli outside Roma. The head, although ancient and found with the statue, it is not the original. Formerly in the Collection of Charles Townley in London. Roman...

The Discobolus Lancellotti in Parian marble. This is the most complete example from antiquity of the discobolus type statue, all of which were based on an original Greek bronze of c. 450 BCE by Myron. This example dates to the 2nd century...

The Discobolus Lancellotti in Parian marble. This is the most complete example from antiquity of the discobolus type statue, all of which were based on an original Greek bronze of c. 450 BCE by Myron. This example dates to the 2nd century...

A detail of the Discobolus Lancellotti in Parian marble. This is the most complete example from antiquity of the discobolus type statue, all of which were based on an original Greek bronze of c. 450 BCE by Myron. This example dates to the...

A detail of the Discobolus Lancellotti in Parian marble. This is the most complete example from antiquity of the discobolus type statue, all of which were based on an original Greek bronze of c. 450 BCE by Myron. This example dates to the...

Discobolus (head modern) from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli Myron. Greek, 460-450 BCE (Roman copy). Height: 155 cm. Vatican, Sala della Biga. Inv. 2346. The Royal Cast Collection (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from...

Discobolus (head modern) from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli Myron. Greek, 460-450 BCE (Roman copy). Height: 155 cm. Vatican, Sala della Biga. Inv. 2346. The Royal Cast Collection (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from...

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=OhJKDqZgNXg Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower), Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronze from c. 450 B.C.E. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker

The Discobolus or 'Discus Thrower', one of several Roman copies of a 450-440 BCE Greek bronze by Myron.

Kos (Cos) is a Greek island in the south-east Aegean, part of the Dodecanese (ancient Sporades) group which prospered in antiquity due to its location on trade routes between Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, and Anatolia. Settled from the Bronze Age...