Fragmentary marble grave stele of a hoplite (foot soldier)

Aristokles

ca. 510 BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

The fragment preserves part of the bare feet of the hoplite and the lower end of the left greave (shin guard) with its lining and three ridges of the articulation of the calf muscle. The shaft at the right edge is the end of the warrior's spear. The inscription on the ground line gives the conclusion of a personal name and the conventional verb for made [it or me]. The subject, the sensitive articulation, and the inscription associate this work with others signed by Aristokles.

Artist

Aristokles

Date

ca. 510 BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989