Kore

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Kore (Greek: κόρη "maiden"; plural korai) is the modern term given to a type of free-standing ancient Greek sculpture of the Archaic period depicting female figures, always of a young age. Kouroi are the youthful male equivalent of kore statues.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Kore (sculpture)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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