The Piraeus Apollo is a bronze statue from the Archaic period discovered in which Greek port city?

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The Piraeus Apollo is a bronze statue discovered in Piraeus, the Greek port city beside Athens.

Archaeologists found it in July 1959 near the ancient harbor, along with three other important bronzes: the Piraeus Athena and two statues of Artemis. The discovery helped establish the modern Archaeological Museum of Piraeus as a major home for ancient Greek bronzes.

The statue was long described as a Late Archaic work, broadly dated to 530–480 BC. More recent scholarship often interprets it as a Hellenistic-period sculpture that deliberately imitates Archaic style, possibly dating to the 2nd or 1st century BC. That dating debate does not change the findspot: Piraeus is the canonical answer.

A common mix-up is Athens, because Piraeus forms part of the wider Athens metropolitan area. Historically, however, Piraeus was a distinct harbor city and the statue is named for that city.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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