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Plato's fingers close around both sides of the round gourd, which presses securely against his mantle at lower-chest height. Plato, Speusippus, the standing youth, and the passing citizen place both sandal soles on the public walk. The crouching youth's feet meet the earth and forearms rest on knees; the seated youth's weight rests fully on the gymnasium boundary. The passing citizen's staff tip contacts the earth beside his forward foot while his torso remains outside the discussion arc. All four olive trunks enter the soil behind the walk; the gymnasium boundary remains continuously grounded beyond them. Adult figures provide a 1.7 m comparator; the gourd is 22 cm across, about the width of Plato's two hands together. It is about 385 BCE: Classical Greek wool mantles over linen tunics, simple leather sandals, varied hems and natural drape; packed earth, local limestone boundary blocks, olive wood, wool, linen, timber gymnasium posts; hand-cut ashlar, timber post construction, wooden walking staff, handwoven garments.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "candid, argumentative, and public. 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