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Discobolus side 2
Roman marble copy of Myron's most famous work, the Discobolus. Towneley Marbles, British Museum
Minotauros Myron NAMA 1664 n1
Minotaur, from a fountain in Athens, a Roman copy of Myron's lost group of Theseus and the Minotaur (National Archaeological Museum of Athens).

Myron of Eleutherae (Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn), working c. 480–440 BC, was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Pliny's Natural History, Ageladas of Argos was his teacher.

None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many of what are believed to be later copies in marble, mostly Roman.

Images for kids

  • Cow, M.C. inv. 921, Roman, from the Horti Tauriani near the church of S. Eusebio, copy after the bronze by Myron, 460-440 BC, marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC05846

    Roman copy of Myron's heifer, Musei Capitolini

  • Head boxer Musei Capitolini MC188 n2

    Head of a boxer, Musei Capitolini

See also

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