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English: Statue of a kouros. Parian marble. Found in Anavyssos, Attica. It had been stolen and taken to France, from where it was returned in 1937. The body is powerful and articulate, with emphasized musculature. The statue was funerary and stood on the grave of Kroisos, as is indicated by the epigram on the baseː "Stop and mourn at the grave of dead Kroisos, whom the raging Ares destroyed when he fought among the defenders." About 530 B.C. Inv. no. 3851. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Textː Museum inscription.
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Camera location37° 59′ 20.44″ N, 23° 43′ 58.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current06:12, 6 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 06:12, 6 February 20234,000 × 6,000 (10.57 MB)George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs)I made a mistake. I should not have cropped the original file.
05:56, 6 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 05:56, 6 February 20234,000 × 6,000 (10.61 MB)George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs)Slightly cropped for aesthetic reasons.
05:51, 6 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 05:51, 6 February 20234,000 × 6,000 (10.57 MB)George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs)Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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