Chapter II: General Characteristics of Victor Statues at Olympia 43-98

Size of Victor Statues 45

Nudity of Victor Statues 47

The Athletic Hair-fashion 50

Iconic and Aniconic Statues 54

Portrait Statues 55

Aniconic Statues 58

Aesthetic Judgments of Classical Writers 58

Greek Originals of Victor Statues 62

Canons of Proportion 65

Assimilation of Olympic Victor Statues to Types of Gods and Heroes 71

Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Hermes 75

Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Apollo 88

Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Herakles 93

Athletes Represented as the Dioskouroi 96