Leagros (Ephebe)

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Equestrian. Inscription: ΛΕΑΓΡΟ [Σ] ΚΑ [Λ] ΟΣ (»Leagros is beautiful«). Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix by the potter Kachrylion and the vase painter Euphronios, around 510/500 BC From Vulci , today in the State Collection of Antiquities in Munich .

Leagros was a Greek who lived as a youth at the end of the 6th / beginning of the 5th century BC. Chr. Popular motif was red-figure vase painter . Leagros was the preferred ephebe of the famous painter Euphronios and the Leagros group named after him . Euphronios' pupil Smikros even depicted him courting the youth on a vase. The painter Onesimos also drew the Ephebe. Leagros is often also documented with inscriptions on vases.

Leagros was one of the young men who functioned as a symbol of a new person in the emerging Athenian society. A mature man's affection for a young man was seen as a sign of human free development. He is often identified with the politician and military Leagros .

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SURNAME Leagros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek model
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.