Where is the Mares of Diomedes located?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Smithsonian, Washington
The Broad, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the "Mares of Diomedes" is a famous ancient Greek marble sculpture. Crafted in the 2nd century BC, it captures a scene from Greek mythology where Diomedes, a Greek hero from the Trojan War, confronts the man-eating mares of the Thracian king Rhesus. The sculpture depicts Diomedes battling with the wild horses, highlighting the epic struggle between man and mythical beasts.
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