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The Phrasikleia Kore is an Archaic Greek statue by the artist Aristion of Paros created between 550 and 540 B.C. It was found on a tomb in the ancient city of Myrrhinus (modern Merenda) in Attica. Due to its exceptional state of preservation, it is one of the most important works of Archaic art. ==History== Michel Fourmont, who visited Greece in the years 1729–1730, described a block of marble with an inscription that was found in the church of Panagia (All Saints) of Merenda. The inscription〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=1430&bookid=4®ion=1&subregion=71 ) From the ''Inscriptiones Graecae (IG)''〕 had been rendered illegible before being used in the church, but it was able to be reconstructed. |sign=Front inscription }} |sign=Inscription on the left side }} In 1968, the block was removed and placed in the Epigraphical Museum of Athens. Four years later, the archaeologist Efthymios Mastrokostas discovered two marble statues in the tombs at Myrrhinus, a kouros and a kore, which obviously belonged with the same inscription. They immediately remembered the base with the inscription that had been found by itself away, in the church. In the lower part of the statues were found pieces of lead that had once attached them to their base. Based on this mass of lead, which exactly fit the marble block with the inscription, the fact that they belonged together was clearly demonstrated. Although the name of Aristion had been known from being mentioned in inscriptions, none of his work had been identified until Phrasikleia was found.〔''ibid.''〕 The inscription may be the earliest known example of ''stoichedon'', in which evenly spaced letters are aligned both horizontally and vertically.〔''ibid.''〕 The statue is now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and is displayed in Room 11, catalog number 4889. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phrasikleia Kore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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