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The Diskobolos, by Myron
I've had a project for the longest time and that is to dedicate myself to draw Greek sculptures in graphite pencil, my very favorite art tool. While this does not happen, I limit myself to collecting photographs that I might use in the future. Here is one, Myron, the Diskobolos.
This Roman copy of the Diskobolos by Myron is currently at the Muzeo Nationale Romano. Myron, a Greek sculptor, is "late contemporary of Phidias, he is known to have made statues of the athletes Timanthes (456 BC) and Lycinus (448 BC), excelling in the representation of movement. His bronze Discobolus/Discus-Thrower and Athene and Marsyas, much admired in his time, are known through Roman copies, which confirm his ancient reputation for brilliant composition and naturalism." (from the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia)
A very, very good account of Myron's work and in particular the Diskobolos here: "Myron's statue represented a young Greek who had been victorious in the pentathlon, or group of five contests (running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the spear, and hurling the discus"(...)
Just for heck of it, a small bit of extra information: an 11.5 inch copy of the Diskobolos can be bought by $92 here, a lifesize one by $2,940.