Ancient Greek football player balancing the ball. Part of a marble grave stele, found in Piraeus, 400-375 BC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.namuseum.gr/collections/sculpture/classical/classic12-en.html">Item (NAMA) 873</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens" class="extiw" title="en:National Archaeological Museum, Athens">National Archaeological Museum, Athens</a>. Part of a grave stele, made of pentelic marble. It was found in Piraeus. Only part of the shaft of the stele survives, adorned by a relief loutrophoros. The figure of a nude youth practicing with a ball in the palaestra is depicted in low relief on the belly of the vase. His folded himation can be seen on a pillar behind him. The youth is watched by his young servant holding an aryballos and a strigil.
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