NAMA X15118 Marathon Boy

National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece

Marathon Youth or Ephebe of Marathon. Bronze statue of a young athlete, found in the sea near Marathon (Attic coast). The left hand was replaced at a later date by another shaped as a lamp. Work of the Praxiteles school, ca. 340-330 B.C.

Dimensions H. 1.3 m (4 ft. 3 in.)

Accession number X 15118

Department of Sculptures

Photographer/source Marsyas