Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art

CHAPTER VI.

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TWO MARBLE HEADS FROM VICTOR STATUES 286-320

The Group of Daochos at Delphi, and Lysippos 286

The _Apoxyomenos_ of the Vatican, and Lysippos 288

The _Agios_ and the _Apoxyomenos_ compared, and the Style of Lysippos 289

The Head from Olympia 293

The Olympia Head and that of the _Agias_ 294

Identification of the Olympia Head 298

The Dates of Philandridas and Lysippos 300

Lysippos as a Worker in Marble, and Statue “Doubles” 302

The Head of a Statue of a Boy from Sparta, and the Art of Skopas 303

Comparison of the Tegea Heads and the Head from Sparta 308

The Styles of Skopas and Lysippos Compared 311

The Sparta Head Compared with that of the _Philandridas_ 316

The Sparta Head an Eclectic Work and an Example of Assimilation 318