– 400 C.E.
Ancient Cultures

Classical Greek Sculpture

Roman Copy of an Ancient Greek sculpture by Polykleitos, Diadoumenos

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Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), c. 69–96 C.E., Roman
copy of a Greek bronze statue by Polykleitos, c. 430 B.C.E. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Classical Greek
Athens, Greece
c. 430 B.C.E.

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