Woman to Escape a Kneeling Centaur
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Woman to Escape a Kneeling Centaur
Sculpture of young Woman trying to escape a kneeling Centaur. From the Temple of Zeus west pediment group. 460 BCE.
Group of statues from the West pediment of the temple of Zeus.
A beautiful composition of movement and rhythm is unfolding through the struggle of the young woman to escape a kneeling centaur with the help of another Lapith. The twisting pleats of her peplos is reminiscent of the movement of waves.
Exhibited in Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece.