Youth of Antikythera bronze statue

Youth of Antikythera. Bronze statue

Bronze statue of a youth, know as “Youth of Antikythera” because it was found in the Antikythera shipwreck. The figure has been identified as either Perseus holding the head of Medusa, or Paris awarding the “apple of Strife”, to the most beautiful goddess, Aphrodite. Attributed to the Sikyonian sculptor Euphranor. About 340 – 330 BC.
Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.