Rampin Rider, Marble equestrian statue in Athens, Greece

The Rampin Rider is an Archaic Greek marble equestrian statue from around 550 BC, about 123 cm tall and split between two museums. The rider's body and the horse's remains are in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, while the head, a plaster cast in Athens, is the original in the Louvre in Paris. The head wears a crown of lovage, and traces of red and black paint survive.

The sculpture was made around 550 BC in an Attic workshop and was found in fragments near the Acropolis of Athens. The head came to light in 1877, and the torso was uncovered nine years later during further excavations on the same site.

The rider sits without a saddle or stirrups, which was the standard way Greek horsemen rode in ancient times. Owning and riding a horse was a sign of high social standing in Athens, and this figure makes that connection visible.

The torso of the rider is on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, located at the foot of the hill and easy to reach on foot from the main site. Going early in the morning or later in the afternoon helps avoid the largest crowds.

The rider wears a crown of lovage, the plant used for the victors' wreaths at the Nemean and Isthmian Games, which supports the idea that the statue shows a race winner. The head, found on the Acropolis in 1877, was only linked to the body in 1936.