The statue was found buried near the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in 1906, and may have been removed and buried by the Persians when the temple was destroyed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
The statue was found buried near the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in 1906. The statue may have been removed and buried by the Persians. The temple was destroyed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece.