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...more commonly bronze than marble—the works of Myron (of Eleutherae, in Attica), identified through copies, were among the most celebrated of the period. Myron’s most famous work is the “Discobolos” (discus thrower), of which a Roman copy (Museo Nazionale Romano) survives. Another of Myron’s works surviving in copy is a sculpture of Athena with the satyr Marsyas (Athena in...