page_title: Marathon Boy
hierarchical_section_title: Marathon Boy
caption_attribution_description: English: Marathon Youth or Ephebe of Marathon. Bronze statue of a young athlete, found in the sea near Marathon (Attic coast). The left hand was replaced at a later date by another shaped as a lamp. Work of the Praxiteles school, ca. 340-330 B.C. Français&#160;: Statue de bronze d'un jeune athlète, trouvée dans la mer au large de Marathon, en Attique. La main gauche a été remplacée à une époque plus tardive par une autre dont la paume est formée par une lampe. Chef d'œuvre de la fin de l'époque classique, associé à l'école de Praxitèle. Vers 340-330 a. C.
context_page_description: The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925.
  The sculpture is conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens where it is dated to around 340–330 BC. The Museum suggests that the subject is the winner of an athletic competition. With its soft musculature and exaggerated contrapposto, its style is associated with the school of Praxiteles. The upraised arm and the distribution of weight indicate that in his original context, this ephebe was leaning against a vertical support, such as a column.
context_section_description: The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925.
  The sculpture is conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens where it is dated to around 340–330 BC. The Museum suggests that the subject is the winner of an athletic competition. With its soft musculature and exaggerated contrapposto, its style is associated with the school of Praxiteles. The upraised arm and the distribution of weight indicate that in his original context, this ephebe was leaning against a vertical support, such as a column.
caption: The Marathon Boy, c. 340–330 BC
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