Anavyssos Kouros

Anavyssos Kouros

Found at the cemetery of Anavysos
On the base a verse was carved:

"Stand and grieve at the tomb of Kroisos the dead,
in the front line slain by the wild Ares"
(Translated by Thomas Sakoulas)

Marble, lifesize (1.94 m), circa 540 B.C.
(National Archaeological Museum of Athens)