Greek Relief of a Ball Game

Olympian Athletes. Elaborate reproduction of an ancient Greek fresco relief which was part of the base of a Kouros statue. It depicts a group of young athletes playing some kind of a ball game in ancient Olympia. They are divided in two teams of three members each. The last athlete on the left is holding the ball ready to throw it to the opponent team.Dated to ca. 510 B.C. National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. [Ancient Greece] [Images]