Discobolus

The Diskobolos ( discus thrower ) of Myron Greek brass founder ( Δισκοβόλος του Μύρωνα ), also Diskobol of Myron, is one of the most famous Greek statues at all. It probably represents a winner of the decathlon discipline discus dar.

The sculpture can all signify the archaic principle of frontal fall in favor of a motion and spatial design of plastic that resembles no coincidence that the by Auguste Rodin of the 19th century. Even the hitherto usual axiality seems to have been completely removed.

Countless copies, he still appears frequently in souvenir shops or even in gardens such as the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen. These approximately 460-450 BC created by Myron bronze statue belongs to the ancient classical high. It shows a rhythmically moving, powerful and proud athletes in action. In this action Myron chooses the single moment of calm, to a certain extent the deadlock.

The Diskobolos is handed down by a 1.55 m high Roman marble copy in the National Museum of Rome, which was found in 1781 on the Esquiline. The bronze original has not been found, it was probably in Delphi or Olympia. Shortly after finding that copy succeeded the Italian archaeologist Carlo Fea, to identify this copy after the ancient descriptions as the Diskobolos of Myron. Another copy in marble was found in the Villa Hadriana (Villa of the Emperor Hadrian ) in Tivoli. A total of six Roman copies have been preserved fragmentarily. In addition, a small bronze figure and a gem, which is located in London. The gem in addition to bearing the inscription Diskobol the hyacinth. Therefore, some experts suggest that it is not in the sculpture of Myron an athlete representation, but the statue of Hyacinthus, who was according to the Greek mythology with Apollo in competition discus throwing. This is also suggested that the athletes figures of Myron from Delphi and Olympia were never copied by the Romans and thus had no national significance.

Another famous ancient discus thrower figure is that of the Naukydes.