Apoxyomenos

Apoxiomen ( Ἀποξυόμενος ancient Greek ) refers to the statue of an athlete, the dust and sweat with the help of a strigilis of the skin stripping itself. Are known among other things:

  • Apoxiomen of Lysippos: Bronze statue of the sculptor Lysippos from the 2nd half of the 4th century BC, mostly known by a Roman marble copy in the Vatican Museums
  • Apoxiomen of Ephesus: Bronze statue from Ephesus, now in the Ephesus Museum in Vienna
  • Croatian Apoxiomen: Bronze Statue, Hellenistic copy of a lost original by an unknown master in the Kvarner Palace in Mali Lošinj, Croatia
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