Found in the house of the House of the Didadoumenos in Delos island in 1894. There are many ancient copies of “diadoumenos”. This copy was made about 100 BCE of a famous original made by Polykleitos in the third quarter of the 5th c. BCE. It is 1.95m tall.
This statue is a good example of the classical Greek pose of contrapposto where one leg bears the weight of the body while the other leg is in a resting position. This weight distribution forces one part of the pelvis to be more elevated, shaping the spine into an “S” curve shape in order to make the body balanced.
This copy exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
There are several copies in existence exhibited in museums around the world: In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York), Another copy is at the British Museum in London, UK.