Anavysos Kouros

Anavysos Kouros

kouros

The Anavysos kouros, which the Getty kouros resembles closely, was originally the grave marker for a man named Croesus. He was killed in battle, and the inscription on the statue's base implores the viewer to "stop and mourn beside the tomb of Kroisos, dead, whom once in the battle's front ranks raging Ares destroyed."

Anavyssos in Attica

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unknown

The National Archaeological Museum at Athens

The National Archaeological Museum at Athens

c. 530 BCE

The National Archaeological Museum at Athens

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Marble 1.94 meters

physical object

3851

Archaic