A sculpture by Frederic Leighton responds to Laocoön and His Sons by depicting one of these people entwined with a python. An excavation at Akrotiri uncovered a fresco of these people featuring two boys wearing belts among the wall paintings of Thera. Because of its similar pose, the Esquiline Venus is sometimes considered a female version of a statue depicting one of these people. A sculpture of one of these people is imitated in the opening sequence of a Leni (*) Riefenstahl film subtitled Festival of Nations. That sculpture depicts one of these people in an unnatural pose, and is by Myron of Eleutherae. The Diadumenos depicts one of these people, who would have been common models for its sculptor Polykleitos. For 10 points, the Discophoros and Discobolus depict people of what profession as they would have competed in the Olympics? ■END■
ANSWER: athletes [accept wrestlers, discus-throwers, discus holders; boxers, or pugilists; accept olympians; accept Discophoros or Discobolus until read; accept Akrotiri Boxer Fresco; accept An Athlete Wrestling with a Python; prompt on diadem-bearers; prompt on Diadumenos until read]
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