In the green valley of Flerio, near Mili, is an area of ancient marble-working and there remain two examples of a kouros (youth) – large marble statues of the 6th and 7th centuries BC. Each kouros measures about 5.5m and both are in a broken state (the theory being that they were damaged during transportation or were simply left unfinished by dissatisfied sculptors).
Despite the area having interpretive boards, the kouros are not particularly easy to find. (The one at Apollonas in the island ' s north is bigger and more impressive.)
The first kouros you come to is lying on its back under a tree; its sheer size and the absurdness of it just being left there takes you by surprise. The second is on a hillside about 800m walk past the first.
