The damage to this figure makes it hard to identify what it is doing. It could be an athlete, charioteer, warrior, sandal-binder, even a dancer. Whatever he is, it is a far cry from the static standing figures of the Archaic period.

Without evidence from its archaeological context, and without a head, it is also difficult to date the sculpture. The closest similarities are to the Aegina Pediments and the Tyrant Slayers. If the date is similar to those, then the sense of movement and tensions in the musculature are adventurous innovations