Riace bronzes
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The Riace bronzes, also called the Riace Warriors, are two full-size Greek bronze statues conventionally designated Statue A and Statue B. They depict two nude, bearded men standing slightly over life
Statue A (the "Young") in the foreground and Statue B (the "Old") at the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in 2007.
The so-called Artemision Bronze, c. 460 BC, one of the few surviving large Greek bronzes of the 5th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
One of the statues on the beach after recovery
Nino Lamboglia, who directed the 1973 search campaign in the area where the statues were found.
Artemision Bronze
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The Artemision Bronze is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea, Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus, the thunder
Riace bronzes
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Artemision in Museum
The statue's grasping hand. Scholars have debated whether it originally held Zeus' thunderbolt or Poseidon's trident.
Poseidon attacks Polybotes with an overhand thrust. Red-figure cup, late fifth century BC (Antikensammlung Berlin F2531)
A modern cast of the statue. This example has hypothetical inset eyes.