Aside from the body, another major observation is the pose. Diadoumenos is portrayed in contrapposto, a popular Ancient Greek art technique. One of his legs is placed in front of the other, showing that he is caught between half walking and half standing. Due to one of his legs (right leg) being positioned ahead, all of his body weight is shifted to that right leg. His other (left) leg is slight bent at his knee (the left leg appears lightweight too). His shoulders and pelvic are also positioned at slightly opposite angels, giving off a sense of movement or organic vitality (naturalistic movements). One could even observe how his big toe is not completely on the surface – it is realistic how his feet is positioned on the ground to portray a
