运动员的大理石小雕像 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	运动员的大理石小雕像
品名（英）	Small marble statue of an athlete
入馆年号	1917年，17.230.3
策展部门	希腊和罗马艺术（Greek and Roman Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 299 - 公元前 200
创作地区
分类	石雕（Stone Sculpture）
尺寸	高 17 3/8 英寸 (44.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	古希腊运动员获得的最大荣誉之一是供奉神灵的雕像，以纪念在泛希腊圣地举行的运动会和希腊世界各地的当地节日中取得的胜利。这些雕像通常由青铜或大理石制成，可以设置在举办比赛的圣所或胜利者家乡的公共场所。并非所有的泛希腊胜利者都获得了雕像，有些人在获胜后几年才获得雕像。雕像可以纪念一次或多次胜利，这些胜利通常记录在雕像的底座上。在希腊化时期，泛希腊节日的体育项目得到了最大程度的扩展，因此，与之前的古典时期相比，体育雕像的种类更加丰富这位运动员用下巴绑带系着头带，这样可以保护他的菜花耳朵。它也可能是一种与众不同的象征，在比赛中它会牢牢地留在原地。他显然是格斗运动拳击、摔跤或拳击比赛（一种结合拳击、摔跤和踢腿的运动比赛）的竞争对手。
介绍（英）	Among the greatest honors accorded ancient Greek athletes were statues dedicated to the gods to commemorate victories in the games held at the Panhellenic sanctuaries and local festivals throughout the Greek world. These statues, typically made of bronze or marble, could be set up at the sanctuary where the games occurred or in a public place in the victor’s hometown. Not all Panhellenic victors received statues, and some did only years after winning. Statues could commemorate a single victory or many victories, which were customarily recorded on the statue’s base. In Hellenistic times, athletic programs at the Panhellenic festivals were expanded to their greatest extent, and as a result, there was a much wider variety of athletic statues than in the preceding Classical period. This athlete is represented fastening a headband with a chinstrap, which would have afforded some protection for his cauliflower ears. It also may have served as an emblem of distinction, one that would stay securely in place during competition. He was clearly a competitor inone of the combat sports—boxing, wrestling, or the pankration, an athletic contest that combined boxing, wrestling, and kicking.