Peplos Kore

Kore is a type of archaic Greek statue that portrays a young woman with a stiff posture looking straight forward.

The statue is not completely straight, her face is leaned slightly to the side, and she is standing with her weight shifted to one leg.

Some scholars have suggested that those kore statues were commissioned as offerings to worshiped deities, perhaps as votive figures who stand in the place of a patron.

Korai also appear in Attic cemeteries as grave markers for deceased women, as was the case for the Phrasikleia Kore.

[11] In 1975, the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge attempted to replicate the sculpture’s original appearance by painting a cast of the figure.

[12] The replica was then displayed next to a second, unpainted cast to demonstrate the difference between the pure white marble that is commonly associated with Greek sculpture and the brightly-painted version that is probably closer to reality.