Doryphoros
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The Doryphoros of Polykleitos is one of the best known Greek sculptures of Classical antiquity, depicting a solidly built, muscular, standing warrior, originally bearing a spear balanced on his left s
A well-preserved Roman period copy of the Doryphoros of Polykleitos from the collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum. Material: marble. Height: 2.12 metres (6 feet 11 inches).
Head of Doryphoros excavated at the Villa of the Papyri in Pompeii
Composite picture showing the difference between marble and bronze versions of the Doryphoros
Statue of Augustus of Prima Porta
Polykleitos
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Polykleitos was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE. Alongside the Athenian sculptors Pheidias, Myron and Praxiteles, he is considered as one of the most important sculptors of cl
Doryphoros
…The Doryphoros (Greek Δορυφόρος Classical Greek Greek pronunciation: , "Spear-Bearer"; Latinised as Doryphorus) of Polykleitos is one of the best known Greek sculptures of Classical antiquity, depicting a solidly built, muscular, standing warrior, originally bearing a spear…
A Polykleitan Diadumenos, in a Roman marble copy, National Archaeological Museum of Athens
The Townley Marbles Discophoros, British Museum
Apollo of the "Mantua type", marble Roman copy after a 5th-century-BC Greek original attributed to Polykleitos, Musée du Louvre