Discobolus

by SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst

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There are descriptions from antiquity of the sculpture of the discus thrower, but it took a long time for archaeologists to reconstruct the originals from loose parts from various ancient copies. For example, the head was tried to be placed in several ways, as you can see in the two versions that are in the Cast Collection. The strange horns on the figure's forehead are the remains of a device that was supposed to support a victory wreath. The discus thrower has been the subject of much admirati