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Statue of the human form - male

Pamphile (Greek: Παμφίλη) Plateae filia or Latoi filia, was the daughter of Platea (or Latoos), a woman of the Greek island of Kos . It is said that silk was first spun by her. She is also the first person that invented the technique of preparing a thread from cotton wool for spinning on a distaff. She developed as well the technique of weaving from cotton thread. Pliny the Elder describes in 70 BC Silk was obtained by removing the down from the leaves with the help of water.

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This statue, from an ancient Roman villa on the coast north of Rome, was part of a sculptural program there that celebrated Greek culture, displaying the sophisticated taste of the wealthy villa owner. The figure’s forceful body, turned head, and emotional facial features recall works attributed to Skopas of Paros, a Greek sculptor of the fourth century BCE. Similar statues, also associated with Skopas, represent the mythical hunter Meleager with boar’s head trophy and dog. As the object…

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