File:Bronze figure of a running girl, Greek, about 520-500 BC, Found at Prizren, Kosovo, Winning at the ancient Games, British Museum (7667206370).jpg
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DescriptionBronze figure of a running girl, Greek, about 520-500 BC, Found at Prizren, Kosovo, Winning at the ancient Games, British Museum (7667206370).jpg |
Found at Prizren, Kosovo; possibly made in or near Sparta, Greece Raised in the Spartan athletic tradition? Athletes in the Greek world were mostly male, and a running girl is therefore a rarity. However, ancient Sparta had a tough tradition which included the expectation that girls too would take part in athletic contests. Pausanias (AD 143-176), author of Periegesis Hellados ('Description of Greece'), tells us that girls ran in the Heraia: the games held at Olympia in honour of the goddess Hera. Though separate from the Olympic Games, these games also took place at four-yearly intervals. The contestants are described as wearing a short tunic like the one worn by this bronze figurine. We therefore have some evidence for girl runners in Greece, giving a background for the production of a figure such as this. The bronze rivet surviving in the right foot perhaps suggests that this figure was originally a decorative fixture attached to a vessel or utensil. Source: www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_object... |
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Author | Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany |
Camera location | 51° 30′ 33.01″ N, 0° 06′ 58.99″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.509169; -0.116386 |
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