The Marathon Boy, or Ephebe, is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the Bay of Marathon in 1925. Dated to c. 325-300 BC. The Athens Archaeological Museum suggests that the subject may be a youthful depiction of Hermes, though none of the god's attributes are present. With its soft musculature and exaggerated contrapposto, its style manifests the influence of Praxiteles on his contemporaries; it is the closest contemporary reflection of Praxiteles' manner. His upraised arm and the distribution of his weight demonstrate that in his original context, this ephebe was leaning against a support.