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Definition of Discobolus

Discobolus
Discobolus Dis*cob"o*lus, n.; pl. Discoboli. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a discu + ? to throw.] (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it. Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.

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- discobolus) is endemic to the intermountain Western US. A total of 23 members of the genus Catostomus has been found in North America. C. discobolus and...
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- to survive, but there are many later copies of his works, such as his Discobolus, mostly Roman. Myron worked almost exclusively in bronze and his fame...
- an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolus. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events...
- its many Roman marble copies. It is not, however, to be confused with Discobolus of Myron, which shows a discus being thrown, not carried. Like the Doryphoros...
- art of classicism typically s****s to be formal and restrained: of the Discobolus Sir Kenneth Clark observed, "if we object to his restraint and compression...
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- Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1922. Its logo shows the Discobolus. During World War II, Stanisław Zdzisław Kozłowski, co-founder of the...