different between kouros vs koreg

English

From Ionic Ancient Greek ?????? (koûros), variant of Attic ????? (kóros, “boy”).

kouros (plural kouroi)

A sculpture of a naked youth in Ancient Greece, the male equivalent of a kore.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
  A redstone kouros from Sounion, this strapping young Amsterdammer, translated into the slenderer grace of the modern graminivore.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
  The smiling kouros is the first fully free-standing sculpture in art.

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