Steven Sklifas - Writer Photographer

Image 1 of 1
Less

Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_034.tif

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox

Greece. Samos. Rear view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world

Copyright
Copyright Steven Sklifas. All Rights Reserved.
Image Size
2506x3745 / 26.9MB
www.stevensklifas.com
Keywords
Contained in galleries
Samos Town - Samos - Greece
Greece. Samos. Rear view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world