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Kouros in the ancient quarry
Kouros in the garden of Flerio

The Kouros of Flerio is 4.7 metre long statue (Kouros) of white Naxian marble, located in a village garden in Melanes [de], a small village on Naxos, one of the Cycladic islands, in Greece. A second, similar kouros is located in a quarry near Melanes. They each weigh between 5 and 7 tonnes. The largest kouros on Naxos at 10.45 metres long is the Kouros of Apollonas, which weighs 80 tonnes.[1]

  1. ^ Gruben. "Naxos und Delos." p. 293

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kouroi, cut free from their quarry but with their feet broken off, the Kouroi of Flerio are located at Melanes on Naxos in a village garden. One of these...

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the two Kouroi of Flerio are found in these quarries. Modern quarries are located near the village of Kinidaros [de] in the central part of the island...

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I. Trianti. Four Kouroi in One?, in The Getty Kouros Colloquium, 1993. In the quarries of Naxos at Apollonas, Melanes and Flerio. Ilse Kleemann, On...

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