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kouros

noun kou·ros \ ˈkü-ˌrȯs \

Definition of kouros

plural kouroi play \ˈkü-(ˌ)rȯi\

:an ancient Greek statue of a nude male youth standing with the left leg forward and arms at the sides

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There are true glam items — an apparitionally perfect marble kouros; a cup attributed to the great Penthesilea Painter — but also homely ones: pottery shards with inscriptions, that kind of thing.

— holland cotter, New York Times, "Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces," 23 Mar. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of kouros

Greek kouros, koros boy — more at crescent

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