The Kroisos Kouros is a marble kouros from Attica. The sculpture is free standing and strides forward with an archaic smile on his face. The sculpture is dates between 540 and 515 BCE.The inscription on the base of the statue reads: "Stop and show pity beside the marker of Kroisos, dead, whom once in battle's front rank raging Ares destroyed."
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