The original of Myron's statue of a nude athlete hurling one of these no longer exists, only copies
[DOC] [TLE] BBC - Culture - The Discobolus: Greeks, Nazis and the body beautiful [PAR] Mar 24, 2015 ... Adolf Hitler purchased a Roman marble copy of the Discobolus for five million lire 
(Credit .... of all: a statue of a stooping, naked athlete preparing to hurl a discus.