Inventory number
Ακρ. 686
Artist
Attic workshop
Category
Sculpture
Period
Archaic Period
Date
480 BC or shortly after
Dimensions
Height: reconstruction 1.475 m
Height: upper part 0.58 m
Height: lower part 0.68 m
Material
Marble from Paros and marble from Penteli
Location
Archaic Acropolis Gallery
The upper part of the Kore was found east of the Parthenon in 1882 and the lower near the Erechtheion in 1886 or 1887. She is one of the latest Korai to be dedicated on the Acropolis. Today she is preserved into two parts, one with the upper body and the other with the legs, plinth and base she stands on.
The Kore is dressed in a chiton and over it, a short himation which passes obliquely under her left arm. The garments are thin, almost transparent over her breasts and nipples. Although today few elements survive from the clothing’s elaborate decoration, older studies report that the chiton’s left sleeve was decorated with a procession of chariots. The Kore in her right hand, which was made separately, would have probably held an offering to the goddess while with her left she was likely pulling aside her chiton to facilitate her step. Her hairdo is the typical of the archaic Korai with three long curls framing each side of her face and spilling to the front. A wide band is wrapped around her head twice and tied in a knot at the back. Traces of red colour survive on this band, her chiton and her face. Stylistically this Kore is at the threshold of the so-called “Severe Style” and due to her solemn, almost grumpy expression she has been dubbed “the sullen Kore”.
The plinth she steps on is adjusted to a base in the form of a circular capital. It bears a stoichedon carved inscription stating: ΕΥΘΥΔΙΚΟΣ HΟ ΘΑΛΙΑΡΧΟ ΑΝΕΘΕΚΕΝ, meaning “Euthidikos, Thaliarchos’s son, dedicated this”. The letters are all highlighted with red paint.
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