Myron
Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC
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An Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC whose bronze originals are all lost, yet whose Discobolus — the athlete frozen mid-twist, about to release — remains one of the most replicated images from the ancient world.
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Myron was born around 485 BC in Eleutherae, a town on the border of Boeotia and Attica, and trained under Ageladas of Argos. Working in Athens during the classical period's peak, he became one of four sculptors — alongside Polykleitos, Pheidias, and Praxiteles — who defined the era's approach to the human form in bronze and stone. None of his original works survive. What remains are Roman copies, marble stand-ins for lost bronzes, the most famous being the Discobolus: the discus thrower caught in coiled motion. He died around 440 BC, his reputation preserved entirely through replicas made cent…
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