Feb 11 2019 marble statue of a helmed hoplite 5th century bc maybe leonidas sparta archæological museum of sparta greece.
Marble statue of leonidas.
Leonidas i l i ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s d æ s.
Marble statue of leonidas 5th century bc sparta archæological museum of sparta greece.
Resplendent in a crested corinthian helmet his face which would have had inlaid eyes depicts the grim determination for which the fallen king became a legend.
Doric λεωνίδας α leōnídas a.
The sculpture is housed in the archaeological museum of sparta which.
Leonidas is a sculpture of a hoplite made of parian marble in 480 470 bc and unearthed in 1926.
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In ancient art leonidas is quite possibly the subject of a surviving marble statue from the acropolis of sparta 490 480 bce.
Died 19 september 480 bc was a king of the greek city state of sparta and the 17th of the agiad line a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod heracles and cadmus.
His upbringing would be focused on grooming him for the power that he would inherit on his father s death.
λεωνίδης α leōnídēs a leɔːnídɛːs.
It was found southwest of peribolos of the sanctuary of athena chalkioikos on the acropolis of sparta.
Leonidas however was the.
Son of the lion.