File:The statue of Menander on December 30, 2019.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionThe statue of Menander on December 30, 2019.jpg |
English: "East of this monument the honorary base and statue of the most important representative of the Bew Comedy, Menander, was erected in 291-290 B.C. He wrote over 100 plays but won the contest only a few times. His innovative work focused on ordinary people and he is considered the father of psychological drama. At the age of only 51, he drowned while swimming off Piraeus. The monument in his honor was erected immediately after his death while Athens was under the rule of the Macedonian King, Demetrios Poliorketes. The poet is represented seated on an honorary throne, his beardless face mirroring the new fashion introduced by Alexander the Great.
The ancient base of his statue, which was revealed in 1862, is inscribed with the name of the poet, as well as the signatures of the sculptors, sons of the famous sculptor Praxiteles. The inscription reads: ‘Kefisodotos and Timarchos made it’. The original statue was copied many times during the Roman era, because of the Romans’ particular admiration for the plays of Menander. The identification of the position and form of this monument permitted its restoration, with the reconstruction of the two lost steps of the bathron, the repositioning of the ancient base, and the didactic use of a cast replica in place of the lost original." Textː Information board nest to the statue |
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Source | Own work |
Author | George E. Koronaios |
Camera location | 37° 58′ 13″ N, 23° 43′ 41.24″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 37.970278; 23.728122 |
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current | 04:18, 6 March 2023 | 4,000 × 6,000 (17.96 MB) | George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs) | I just changed cropped the image to make the statue capturing more space within the frame without affecting the resolution. | |
23:00, 5 March 2023 | 4,000 × 6,000 (19.94 MB) | George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs) | Cropped for aesthetic purposes, increased contrast, and sharpness. Slightly de-saturated to negate the heavy afternoon light which coloured the marbles. | ||
17:15, 30 December 2019 | 4,000 × 6,000 (6.38 MB) | George E. Koronaios (talk | contribs) | User created page with UploadWizard |
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Camera manufacturer | SONY |
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Camera model | ILCE-7M3 |
Author | george e. koronaios |
Exposure time | 1/160 sec (0.00625) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 10:55, 29 December 2019 |
Lens focal length | 55 mm |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Capture One 21 Windows |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:55, 29 December 2019 |
APEX shutter speed | 7.321928 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
APEX brightness | 8.23984375 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 1.6953125 APEX (f/1.8) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 55 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Lens used | Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55 mm F1.8 ZA (SEL55F18Z) |
IIM version | 4 |