The
Discobolus of
Myron ("
discus thrower", ,
Diskobólos) is a Greek
sculpture that was completed toward the end of the
Severe period, circa 460–450 BC. The original Greek bronze is lost but the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, which was cheaper than bronze, such as the first to be recovered, the
Palombara Discobolus, and smaller scaled versions in bronze.