Kouros of Samos

The Kouros of Samos is an ancient Greek sculpture created in the 6th century BCE.

[1] In September 1980, a German team of archaeologists uncovered the marble statue during a routine topographical excavation on the Sacred Way in the Heraion.

Its head remained missing until autumn of 1984 when it was found and joined to the rest of the body.

[1] According to the inscription on the left thigh of the Kouros, it was a dedication made in the sanctuary by one Isches, son of Rhesis (Ἰσχῆς ἀνέθηκεν ὁ Ῥήσιος), who is not otherwise known.

[2] Aideen Carty proposes that he was one of the Geomori who ruled Samos in the early sixth century BC.