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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Gr. antiquity, a fillet-binder: a name applied to a class of antique marble and bronze statues representing an athlete binding a fillet about his head. They are supposed to be based upon a famous bronze original by the sculptor Polycletus.

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  • noun A form of Ancient Greek sculpture featuring a young man holding a knotted diadem (as the winner of a contest)

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Ancient Greek

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