A young athlete, fresh from victory, raises both arms to tie the winner's ribbon around his head. Polykleitos cast the original in bronze in the late fifth century BCE, and it survives only in marble copies. This one, carved around 100 BCE, was found in a house on the island of Delos.
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His weight rests on the right leg with the left knee relaxed, the balanced stance Polykleitos made a rule. A cloak and quiver on the tree stump hint at an archery victory.
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