A famous ancient Greek bronze statue depicting a young athlete using a strigil to scrape oil and sweat from his body.
From Greek apoxyomenos, neuter of apoxyomenos 'one who is scraping himself,' from apoxein 'to scrape off,' present participle denoting the act.
The Apoxyomenos is one of the greatest sculptures ever made, showing a moment of casual athletic grooming—Roman emperors literally fought over copies of it, revealing how this scraping pose captivated the ancient world!
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