One of the few originals which survived into the present day—so rare that its discovery in 1959 was described as "a miracle" by Ernst Homann-Wedeking—is the masterpiece bronze, Piraeus Apollo.
wˈʌn ʌvðə fjˈuː ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəlz wˌɪtʃ sɚvˈaɪvd ˌɪntʊ ðə pɹˈɛzənt dˈeɪ—sˌoʊ ɹˈɛɹ ðæt ɪts dɪskˈʌvɚɹi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn wʌz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz "ɐ mˈɪɹəkəl" baɪ ˈɜːnst hˈɑːmənwˈɛdɛkɪŋ—ɪz ðə mˈæstɚpˌiːs bɹˈɑːnz, pˈɜːɹiːəs ɐpˈɑːloʊ.