Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
CHAPTER II.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTOR STATUES AT OLYMPIA 43-98
Size of Victor Statues 45
Nudity of Victor Statues 47
The Athletic Hair-fashion 50
Iconic and Aniconic Statues 54
Portrait Statues 55
Aniconic Statues 58
Aesthetic Judgments of Classical Writers 58
Greek Originals of Victor Statues 62
Canons of Proportion 65
Assimilation of Olympic Victor Statues to Types of Gods and Heroes 71
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Hermes 75
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Apollo 88
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Herakles 93
Athletes Represented as the Dioskouroi 96