page_title: Kouroi of Flerio
section_title: Context
hierarchical_section_title: Kouroi of Flerio / Context
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Naxos, Marmor aus Griechenland mit großen Kristallen English: Naxos Marble, Naxos, Greece
context_page_description: The Kouros of Flerio is 4.7 metre long statue of white Naxian marble, located in a village garden in Melanes, a small village on Naxos, one of the Cycladic islands, in Greece. A second, similar kouros is located in a quarry near Melanes. They each weigh between 5 and 7 tonnes. The largest kouros on Naxos at 10.45 metres long is the Kouros of Apollonas, which weighs 80 tonnes.
context_section_description: The Colossus of the Naxians, a 9 metre high kouros on Delos was quarried from the same quarry as both of the kouroi of Flerio.
caption: Pattern of Naxian marble
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