A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it. Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
... moulded as a bulldog. His arms were short and blocky; his shoulders welted with brawn; his chest was two hairy hills, like a gorilla's, while across his stomach muscles lay ridged like ropes. His waist was thick with pones of sinew bulging over the hips, as one sees in the statue of Discobolus. It was plain that Greer had labored tremendously all his life and that his strength ... — The Cruise of the Dry Dock • T. S. Stribling
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