The Kouros of Apollonas

The Kouros of Apollonas, also called the Colossus of Dionysus in an Apollonas, Naxos, Greece.

The unfinished statue is 11 meters long made of light grey Naxian marble and weights around 80 tonnes. It is locates in an ancient quarry dating from the Archaic Period if Ancient Greece 7-6 century BC.

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The Kouros of Apollonas, also called the Colossus of Dionysus in an Apollonas, Naxos, Greece. <br />
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The unfinished statue is 11 meters long made of light grey Naxian marble and weights around 80 tonnes. It is locates in an ancient quarry dating from the Archaic Period if Ancient Greece 7-6 century BC.