Marathon Youth. Detail of face with inlaid eyes. Bronze statue of a youth studying an object. Circa 340 -­ 330 BCE.

Marathon Youth, or Marathon Boy is a bronze statue of a youth studying an object from the Late Classical period.

According to Kaltsas (242), the left hand was replaced at a later date with one in the shape of a lamp.

Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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Art Athens Attica Bronze Classical Marathon National Archaeological Museum Original Photo