Marble statue of leonidas 5th century bc sparta archæological museum of sparta greece.
Marble statue of leonidas.
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The sculpture was dubbed leonidas by a local greek workman after its discovery in reference to spartan king leonidas i.
His upbringing would be focused on grooming him for the power that he would inherit on his father s death.
Leonidas is a sculpture of a hoplite made of parian marble in 480 470 bc and unearthed in 1926.
Died 19 september 480 bc was a king of the greek city state of sparta and the 17th of the agiad line a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod heracles and cadmus.
Resplendent in a crested corinthian helmet his face which would have had inlaid eyes depicts the grim determination for which the fallen king became a legend.
λεωνίδης α leōnídēs a leɔːnídɛːs.
It was found southwest of peribolos of the sanctuary of athena chalkioikos on the acropolis of sparta.
Ionic and attic greek.
Feb 11 2019 marble statue of a helmed hoplite 5th century bc maybe leonidas sparta archæological museum of sparta greece.
Doric λεωνίδας α leōnídas a.
Leonidas however was the.
Son of the lion.
The sculpture is housed in the archaeological museum of sparta which.