Right behind the left knee of the Discus-thrower there is a tree stump, and why? We have been puzzled by this feat and weren't quite sure why it was there. Luckily for us we checked out a book from our school library called "Cambridge Introduction to the History of Art: Greece and Rome." In the classical Greek section they explained how the Discus-thrower was pretty fragile and couldn't stand up on its own so a marble tree trunk was constructed to support the ankle and keep it from cracking. Pretty cool.
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