Doryphoros – Pompeii and Herculaneum tours with an archaeologist

The statue represents the spear-bearer. This statue is located at the Archaeological Museum of Naples and it is one of the best copies we receive from history. T he original statue was executed in bronze by Polykleitos around 440 BC with the purpose to represent the ideal of harmony of the greek man, kalòs KaiContinue reading “The Doryphoros of Polykleitos at the Archaeological Museum of Naples”