Known as the Antikythera Ethebe, the statue is one of the very few surviving ancient Greek bronzes and is a masterpiece of Greek Classical sculpture (c. 340 BCE) The statue may represent either Hercules holding the apples of the Hesperides or Perseus holding the head of the Gorgon Medusa. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
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Agelakis, D. (2012, September 20). Youth from Antikythera. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/893/youth-from-antikythera/
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