Young Lapith Fighting with a Centaur Who is Biting His Arm
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Young Lapith Fighting with a Centaur Who is Biting His Arm
Sculpture of young Lapith fighting with a Centaur who is biting his arm. From the Temple of Zeus west pediment group. 460 BCE.
Young Lapith fighting with a Centaur who is biting his arm.
The stylistic convention of the Classical era where civilized men show no facial expression and the barbarians are shown in grotesque facial appearance is vividly visible in this group.
Exhibited in Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece.