Do not think men weak who yield a point to their own advantage, but rather those who prevail to their own injury. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Book 2. Section 25.
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| Triumphant Ptolemy Hellenistic Egypt 150-100 BCE Bronze. Although the group seems to represent two wrestlers, the victor's diadem identifies him as a Ptolemaic king whose victim probably symbolizes unsuccessful Asian or native Egyptian resistance. The image of the triumphant king is inspired by a traditional Egyptian theme but the naturalistic rendering of the bodies shows Greek influence. The interlocking figures and the pyramidal silhouette are distinctly Hellenistic. Photographed at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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