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| Kouros (about 600-580 BC) Selinus, Malophoros sanctuary Bronze, cast, incised Museo Archeologico Regionale "A. Salinas" di Palermo, inv. 8263 [Cat. no. 76] |
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Kouros (about 600-580 BC)
This cast bronze figure of a nude young man (kouros) stands in a frontal pose with his arms stiffly fixed at his sides and his hands clinched into fists. Such a pose echoes that of large-scale, marble, Greek, sculpted figures produced in the 6th century BC. Similar larger statues were set up in sacred districts such as the Athenian acropolis. This bronze statuette was dedicated to a deity at a sanctuary in the Greek city of Selinus, on the south coast of Sicily.Page 2 of 7 | On the next page: Enthroned Goddess with Panther (about 550-500 BC)