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The Motya Charioteer, marble statue depicting a charioteer celebrating a victory in one of the Panhellenic Games, made by a Greek sculptor in Sicily, c. 460-450 BCE, found in 1979 on the Sicilian island of Motya. This is a very rare surviving example of an original Greek victor statue.
Museo Giuseppe Whitaker, Motya.
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Raddato, C. (2024, June 05). Motya Charioteer. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19055/motya-charioteer/
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Raddato, Carole. "Motya Charioteer." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 05, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19055/motya-charioteer/.
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Raddato, Carole. "Motya Charioteer." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 05 Jun 2024. Web. 21 Oct 2024.
