Croatian Apoxyomenos
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The Croatian Apoxyomenos is an Ancient Greek statue cast in bronze in the 2nd or 1st century BC; it was discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule, southeast of
Zagreb Apoxyomenos figure
Replica showing how the statue appeared when it was found
Head
Torso
Lošinj
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Lošinj is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The settlements on Lošinj incl
Croatian Apoxyomenos
…in the 2nd or 1st century BC; it was discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule, southeast of the island of Lošinj. It represents an athlete – Apoxyomenos ('the Scraper') – in the act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with the small curved instrument called…
Mali Lošinj
Small bridge connecting Lošinj (right) and Cres (left)
The old town of Veli Lošinj
Rovenska beach at Veli Lošinj