What is Lion of Kea?
[[File:Lion of Kea.JPG|thumb|360px|Lion of Kea, 6th century BC]] The '''Lion of Kea''' is the name of a gigantic [[Archaic Greece| archaic]] [[sculpture]] of a guardian lion, chiselled from a single block of local [[limestone]]. It was most likely done in the 6th century BC, when the island of [[Kea (island)|Kea]], [[Greece]], was known as Cheos. [[File:Lion Kea.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Lion of Kea on an etching from 19th century]] Very little else is known about this 9 m long sculpture, which even today stands ''in situ'' near the village of Ioulida. ==Bibliography== * Ida Haugsted: Dream and reality: Danish Antiquaries, Architects and Artists in Greece, London, 1996., p. 37 * Greek Islands (guide), Lonly Planet, 2018., s. v. Kea lion {{Ancient Greece: Arts and Culture}} [[Category:Ancient Greek statues]] [[Category:6th-century BC works]] [[Category:6th century BC in art]]