Myron of eleutherae biography
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Myron (active 480-440 BCE)
The work was widely admired for capturing the instability of an instant motion and combining it with a composition of balance and harmony.
The statue was designed within a single plane, which means it was only meant to be seen from the sides. The original no longer exists but there is an excellent marble copy, made in Roman times, now housed at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Pliny also mentions a bronze casting of Ladas the Runner (c.476 BCE), an athlete who fell dead at the moment of victory.
Myron of eleutherae biography
He was an Olympic winner of the footrace and was depicted poised on tiptoe at the start of the race. No copies have been identified. Another popular work was that of Lycinus (c.448 BCE) an Olympiad winner.
Myron's Bronze Cow
According to Pliny, another famous work in antiquity was Myron's cow - which was so life-like it was mistaken for real.
The cow however seemed to have earned his fame for acting as a peg on which epigrams were hung. No inf