Temple of Aphaia

Temple of Aphaia

ca. 490 BC - ca. 480 BC

1756

Dying warrior

sculpture (visual work)

Greece (nation)

Aegina (inhabited place)

Late Archaic

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Front view of dying warrior, reclining with one arm locked into shield and the other before him holding him up. "The Dying Warrior exhibits advanced stylistic development in several respects: the pose, particularly the way in which the figure projects beyond the front plane of the pediment; the head, with large features and unity of structure like that of Athena, with which it bears close similarity; the expression of pain, the face does not depict a grimace, a more obvious expression used sometimes in the archaic period, but rather shows the gradual loss of consciousness or control caused by the intensity of the pain, both eyes have begun to close, the left noticeably moreso, the left arm has slipped through the shield-stay; the left hand is limp, the torso is about to drop; the head slumps to the chest. In the process of the fall the helmet has been knocked askew," from Perseus Digital Library.

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