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<p>This figure's pigtail identifies him as a boxer or wrestler.  He seems to be raising his arms to pull tight the thongs that Greek and Roman boxers wound around their hands for protection.
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This athlete has the nobility of a Classical fifth-century BC (Age of the Parthenon) statuette.  His long proportions, however, are those of the late Hellenistic period when artists copied Classical figures but made them more elongated.</div>
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