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I saw a copy of the statue in the National Museum in Prague. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.70.120.83 ( talk • contribs) .
The reference section is great, but the article needs some inline references.-- Esprit15d 17:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
The 'Dying Gladiator' is mentioned in Henry James's 1875 novel Roderick Hudson. Shall we use a redirect? Zigzig20s ( talk) 17:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
No mention is given of exactly how the Gaul is dying. Is there a visible wound? If so, where? If not, how can one suppose he is dying? -- 70.131.112.41 ( talk) 01:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The second paragraph says that "He is shown fighting against death, refusing to accept his fate." I don't think that his posture and expression indicate this, and I don't think that this is how the sculpture is usually interpreted. Byron, quoted below, wrote that he "Consents to death, but conquers agony" which I think is the general consensus (and where, I think, the power of this artwork is found). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.204.190 ( talk) 15:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I've amended the article. Proxima Centauri ( talk) 08:29, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There is a copy of this at Iford Manor in Wiltshire. As children we knew it as the "Dying Gladiator". It is a far better quality statue than the Brigg example I suggest, with a more accurate pose. It is on Google Maps/Earth see here. The Brigg example appears to have had his head replaced in the wrong position and not to the same quality as the original. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.12.50 ( talk) 09:56, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
There are in-line citations throughout the article. It gives a good historcial background on this statue, including various names it has been given. It is also a very readable article, and good, clear images (pictures) that go well with this article. I gave it a Class C rating. Steve Quinn (formerly Ti-30X) ( talk) 00:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Did anyone notice that the facial features of this galatian looks stikingly like the stereotypical turkish male?
I couldnt help but notice. 77.250.189.211 ( talk) 20:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
If the statue is indeed copied from a Greek original then it could very well depict a member of the Galatian tribes (Trocmii, Volcae Tectosages and Tolistobogii) who migrated through the Balkans, attacked Delphi and settled in central Anatolia where, centuries letter, they were recipients of an epistle from St. Paul. If this is the case then it should be unsurprising that his facial bone structure is not dissimilar to contemporary people living in Turkey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr William Rathouse ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
The Discovery section says Napolean confiscated it in the "Treaty of Tolentino" but later the Influence section says it was the "Treaty of Campoformio"?
Should this be clarified?
24.5.103.186 ( talk) 12:24, 11 November 2010 (UTC) Sean Wormuth
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Can it be made more clearly up front, what the date of this Roman copy was, and, separately what the estimated date of the Greek original (bronze) was? The sentence structure is very unclear on these specific seperate dates. Thanks.
A useful addition to the article would be an explanation of how it is known that this is a copy of alost original. Bill ( talk) 20:40, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Is the dying gaul statue a lie? Historians do not know for sure that romans ever sculpted it and it's supposed provenance could be completely fabricated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.44.239.27 ( talk) 02:43, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
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I saw a copy of the statue in the National Museum in Prague. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.70.120.83 ( talk • contribs) .
The reference section is great, but the article needs some inline references.-- Esprit15d 17:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
The 'Dying Gladiator' is mentioned in Henry James's 1875 novel Roderick Hudson. Shall we use a redirect? Zigzig20s ( talk) 17:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
No mention is given of exactly how the Gaul is dying. Is there a visible wound? If so, where? If not, how can one suppose he is dying? -- 70.131.112.41 ( talk) 01:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The second paragraph says that "He is shown fighting against death, refusing to accept his fate." I don't think that his posture and expression indicate this, and I don't think that this is how the sculpture is usually interpreted. Byron, quoted below, wrote that he "Consents to death, but conquers agony" which I think is the general consensus (and where, I think, the power of this artwork is found). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.204.190 ( talk) 15:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I've amended the article. Proxima Centauri ( talk) 08:29, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There is a copy of this at Iford Manor in Wiltshire. As children we knew it as the "Dying Gladiator". It is a far better quality statue than the Brigg example I suggest, with a more accurate pose. It is on Google Maps/Earth see here. The Brigg example appears to have had his head replaced in the wrong position and not to the same quality as the original. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.12.50 ( talk) 09:56, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
There are in-line citations throughout the article. It gives a good historcial background on this statue, including various names it has been given. It is also a very readable article, and good, clear images (pictures) that go well with this article. I gave it a Class C rating. Steve Quinn (formerly Ti-30X) ( talk) 00:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Did anyone notice that the facial features of this galatian looks stikingly like the stereotypical turkish male?
I couldnt help but notice. 77.250.189.211 ( talk) 20:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
If the statue is indeed copied from a Greek original then it could very well depict a member of the Galatian tribes (Trocmii, Volcae Tectosages and Tolistobogii) who migrated through the Balkans, attacked Delphi and settled in central Anatolia where, centuries letter, they were recipients of an epistle from St. Paul. If this is the case then it should be unsurprising that his facial bone structure is not dissimilar to contemporary people living in Turkey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr William Rathouse ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
The Discovery section says Napolean confiscated it in the "Treaty of Tolentino" but later the Influence section says it was the "Treaty of Campoformio"?
Should this be clarified?
24.5.103.186 ( talk) 12:24, 11 November 2010 (UTC) Sean Wormuth
Copied from my talk page:
Can it be made more clearly up front, what the date of this Roman copy was, and, separately what the estimated date of the Greek original (bronze) was? The sentence structure is very unclear on these specific seperate dates. Thanks.
A useful addition to the article would be an explanation of how it is known that this is a copy of alost original. Bill ( talk) 20:40, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Is the dying gaul statue a lie? Historians do not know for sure that romans ever sculpted it and it's supposed provenance could be completely fabricated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.44.239.27 ( talk) 02:43, 23 August 2019 (UTC)