{"id":16828,"date":"2026-03-05T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16828"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:04","slug":"poseidon-artemision-bronze-23-cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/product\/poseidon-artemision-bronze-23-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Poseidon (Artemision Bronze) 23 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1402\">This sculpture reproduces the celebrated <strong data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1031\">Artemision Bronze<\/strong>, one of the most important surviving masterpieces of ancient Greek bronze sculpture. The original statue was discovered in the sea near <strong data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1187\">Cape Artemision<\/strong> in northern Euboea, Greece, during underwater excavations in 1926\u20131928. Today it is preserved in the <strong data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1333\">National Archaeological Museum of Athens<\/strong>, where it stands as a defining example of Early Classical Greek art.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1821\">Dating to around <strong data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1432\">460 BCE<\/strong>, the statue belongs to the <strong data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1476\">Severe Style<\/strong>, a period that marked the transition from the rigid forms of Archaic sculpture to the naturalistic ideals of the Classical age. The figure depicts a powerful god poised to hurl a weapon. Because the original attribute is lost, scholars debate whether the figure represents <strong data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"1762\">Poseidon<\/strong>, throwing his trident, or <strong data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1797\">Zeus<\/strong>, casting a thunderbolt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"2154\">Cast in <strong data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1870\">bronze using the lost-wax technique<\/strong>, the sculpture demonstrates the technical mastery and dynamic composition characteristic of early Classical Greek bronze statuary. This replica captures the dramatic movement and heroic presence that have made the Artemision Bronze one of the most admired works of ancient Greek art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2183\" data-end=\"2478\">Replica of the <strong data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2219\">Artemision Bronze<\/strong>, an Early Classical <strong data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2276\">Greek bronze statue (c. 460 BCE)<\/strong> discovered near <strong data-start=\"2293\" data-end=\"2312\">Cape Artemision<\/strong> and now housed in the <strong data-start=\"2335\" data-end=\"2379\">National Archaeological Museum of Athens<\/strong>. The sculpture depicts a god\u2014identified as <strong data-start=\"2423\" data-end=\"2443\">Poseidon or Zeus<\/strong>\u2014in the act of throwing his weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[17,18,444,39,396],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16828","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-sculptures","product_cat-bronze-sculptures","product_cat-collection-iv","product_cat-statues","product_cat-busts-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16828"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}