Myron's bronze discus thrower, made around 460–450 BCE, is lost, but Roman marble copies preserve it. This one, the Palombara or Lancellotti copy, was found on Rome's Esquiline Hill in 1781. The nude athlete is caught at the top of his backswing, body wound tight, yet his face stays calm and his torso shows no strain.
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Hitler bought this copy in 1938 and showed it in Munich; it returned to Rome in 1948. Athletes still debate whether the pose would make an efficient throw.
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