Marble disk, with painting of a discus thrower. Mid - 5th century BCE.

Marble disk, depicting a discus thrower.
The discus thrower is preparing to throw the discus. The athlete is painted in red and his hair with gold, of which traces were still preserved when the disk was found. Probably the disk that he holds in his right hand was painted with the same gold. Found on the lid of an urn, which probably contained the ashes of the athlete, who had won a victory in the discus.
Mid - 5th century B.C.

Source: Archaeological Museum, Paros Island, Greece.

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Aegean Art Athletics Classical Color and Polychromy Cyclades Funerary Original Photo Painting Paros Paros Archaeological Museum