The kouros and the kore were statues and sculptures in the Greek times. The kouroi were replicas of young males, which were always nude to represent “the conditioning and strength of the military forces of a particular polis.” (Sayre,53) The first kouroi had unique squared shoulders and hips and forward-facing legs which formed a since of movement. During the early 500’s the kouroi became more naturalistic and represented the human body more realistically, rather than their early forms in which they appear lifeless and dull. For example, the kouroi in the sixth century had more rounded shoulders, humanlike feet and faces. They were mostly found in sanctuaries and churchyards, to be offered to gods like Apollo, Hades, and Zeus. While the korai
