Discobolus
The instant before the throw: the first convincing motion in Greek statuary
- Author
- Myron
- Style
- Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical — Man as the measure: the ideal nude body, the column orders and proportions set by number
- Century
- 5th century BC
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Made around the same time (±30 years)
- 447 BC–432 BC Parthenon — Ictinus and Callicrates · Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical · Acropolis of Athens
- c. 440 BC Doryphoros — Polykleitos · Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical · Argos
- c. 474 BC Charioteer of Delphi · Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical · Delphi
- c. 435 BC Statue of Zeus at Olympia — Phidias · Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical · Olympia
- c. 433 BC Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng · Shang and Zhou bronzes · Suizhou, Hubei
- c. 429 BC Oedipus Rex — Sophocles · Ancient Greek art: Archaic and Classical · Athens
What was happening in the world
- 447 BC–432 BC Construction of the Parthenon