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ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF PRAXILLA OF SICYON

The famed Greek lyric poetess who lived ca. 450 BC is depicted in performance, her body turned and her arms raised in expression. She wears a loosely belted chiton which falls away revealing her body as she moves. The original sculpture by Lysippos, cited by several ancient sources as the most beautiful representation of the female form, is lost but a few Roman copies remain. Praxilla was one of nine women distinguished as the Lyric Muses, her scolia (short lyrical poems sung after dinner) were among the most celebrated of that time.

Ca. 2nd Century AD

H. 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.)

> royalathena.com

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