Definition of kouros
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.
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Origin and Etymology of kouros
Greek kouros, koros boy — more at crescent
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