The Discobolus is one of the most recognizable and influential pieces of art to emerge from ancient Greece. The Discus Thrower was a bronze sculpture depicting an athlete throwing a discus and was created by the prolific Greek artist Myron of Eleutherae (Harris & Zucker 2012). Although no precise date of creation is known, it is widely theorized that the sculpture was created between 450 and 460 BC (Harris & Zucker 2012). Myron's original Discobolus no longer exists, with evidence indicating that it was destroyed by the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius in the 2nd century AD (Harris & Zucker 2012). However, it must be recognized that primary Greek evidence detailing the origins, creation, and destruction of Discobolus is scant and subjective, and thus even these basic facts may not be entirely accurate (Slowikowski, n.d.). As Sylvia Slowikowski demonstrates, “even in the history of art there is no concise historiography of the discus thrower; of how it came to be or where it is today” (Slowikowski, n.d. pp.10). Despite its destruction, Discobolus' legacy was preserved predominantly through the abundance of detailed Roman primary descriptions of the sculpture. These sources have subsequently allowed historians and art enthusiasts to identify and preserve surviving Roman marble copies of the Discobolus (O'Mahony 2013). As a result, Roman copies of the Discobolo are now displayed around the world, including the Palombara Discobolo, which was purchased by Hitler in 1938, and the Townley version which is on display in the British Museum (Anguissola 2005). At the time of its creation, the Discobolus was considered artistically progressive and therefore reflected the changing attitudes and beliefs of Greek society at the time. The Discobolu...... center of the sheet......na.Haskell, F & Penny, N 1981, 'Taste and the Antique: the Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900', Yale University Press, New Haven .Hirst, J 2012, The shortest history of Europe, Black Inc., Collingwood, Victoria, pp. 27-28.Hooper, V 2010, The Discobolus: Myron's Bronze Discus Thrower", 8 April, viewed 31 March 2014, .O'Mahony, M 2013, "In the Shadow of Myron: The Impact of the Discobolus on Representations of Olympic Sport from Victorian Britain to Contemporary China", The International Journal of the History of Sport, vol.30, n.7, pp. 1-17.Sylvia, S nd, 'A History of the Discobolus: Fragments of Representation From Myron To The 1990s' Ph.D thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana, seen March 31 2014, .