Theseus and Antiope
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Theseus and Antiope
Theseus and Antiope. From the west pediment of the Apollo Daphnephoros temple. Parian marble. Circa 520-500 BCE.
The complex depicts the abduction of the Amazon queen Atniope by Theseus. The twisting torsos are rare evidence of the evolution from the frontal and immobile Kouros and Kore of archaic sculpture to the more naturalistic poses of the classical era. From the pediment of the archaic temple of Apollo.
Compare with similar metope from the Athenian Treasury at Delphi.
Exhibited at the Eretria Archeological Museum, Euboea, Greece.