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title: Motya Charioteer
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19055/motya-charioteer/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2024-06-05
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# Motya Charioteer
_Authored by Carole Raddato_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19055.png)
## Image Caption
The Motya Charioteer, marble statue depicting a charioteer celebrating a victory in one of the Panhellenic Games, made by a [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) sculptor in [Sicily](https://www.worldhistory.org/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.
## Cite This Work
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Raddato, C. (2024, June 05). Motya Charioteer. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Raddato, Carole. "Motya Charioteer." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 05, 2024. .
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Motya Charioteer." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Jun 2024, .
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[Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/53769991315/) by **Carole Raddato**. Submitted by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/ "User Page: Carole Raddato"), published on 05 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.