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In the Neo-Attic style that revived the Severe style of the original bronzes, it shows idealized portraits of the two heroes: a clean-shaven Harmodius, thrusting a sword forward in his upraised right hand, another sword in his left hand; and Aristogeiton, also brandishing a sword, with a chlamys, or cape, draped over his left shoulder.
Harmodius (Greek: Ἁρμόδιος, Harmódios) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων, Aristogeíton; both died 514 BC) were two lovers in Classical Athens who became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννόκτονοι, tyrannoktonoi) for their assassination of Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, for which they were executed.
Roman copy of Kritios' Tyrannicides (Archaeological Museum, Naples). Kritios (Ancient Greek: Κριτίος, / k r ɪ ˈ t iː ə s /) was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early 5th century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the Severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher ...
Plato describes a violent tyrant as the opposite of a good and "true king" in the Statesman, [6] and while Aristotle in the Politics sees it as opposed to all other beneficial forms of government, he also described tyrannicide mainly as an act by those wishing to gain personally from the tyrant's death, while those who act without hope of personal gain or to make a name for themselves are rare.
Kritios Boy.Marble, c. 480 BC. Acropolis Museum, Athens.. The marble Kritios Boy or Kritian Boy belongs to the Early Classical period of ancient Greek sculpture.It is the first statue from classical antiquity known to use contrapposto; [1] Kenneth Clark called it "the first beautiful nude in art" [2] The Kritios Boy is thus named because it is attributed, on slender evidence, [2] to Kritios ...
The White House said the president wants to end a carried interest tax break prized by Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms.
Pharsalos stele, c. 470–60, Louvre. The Severe style, or Early Classical style, [1] was the dominant idiom of Greek sculpture in the period ca. 490 to 450 BCE. It marks the breakdown of the canonical forms of archaic art and the transition to the greatly expanded vocabulary and expression of the classical moment of the late 5th century.
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