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Stele: marble grave marker of a young javelin-bearer, 550-540 BC; Parian marble; found built into the Themistokleian wall, Athens. It represents a young athlete holding a javelin. The background preserves traces of red color. Height along with the missing crowning, was about 4.5 m.
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Metope: temple of Hera, Paestum 550 BC, Sandstone
Struggle between Apollo and Heracles for the Delphian tripod [Following the refusal of the priestess to grant him the response of the oracle of Delphi, Heracles, seized by the madness aroused in him by the goddess Hera, tries to remove from Apollo the sacred tripod of the sanctuary.]
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Frieze: Gigantomachy: A gigantomachy scene from the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury. Marble. 530 BC; Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greece.
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Attic fresco: *
The Tomb of the Diver, 470 BC, fresco found in a small necropolis about 1.5 km south of Paestum in Magna Graecia, S. Italy from a grave; made up of 5 local limestone slabs forming the four lateral walls and the roof, all slabs forming the monument were painted on the interior sides using a true fresco technique. They depict a symposium scene, while the cover slab shows the famous scene that gives the tomb its name: a young man diving into a curling and waving stream of water; 2 masters have been identified; it is the only example of Greek painting with figured scenes dating from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical periods to survive in its entirety.
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seated figures of Miletus: *
Statue of Chares, 570 BC, seated, over life-sized marble; figure is heavy & lumpish, the body completely enveloped in the chiton; the folds of the drapery lack depth or incision; hair is in narrow knobbed tresses, resembles the type & pose of the other Didyma sculptures.
