Agias (sculptor)
Agias ( ancient Greek Ἀγίας ) was a Greek sculptor who worked at the end of the 2nd century BC. Was active.
He was the son of the sculptor Aristomenes from Messene and father of the sculptor Pyrilampos . He is known only for his inscription on a statue base found in Olympia on which a portrait statue had stood.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Agias 9th In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen antiquity (RE). Supplement III, Stuttgart 1918, column 61 ( digitized version ).
- Eberhard Paul : Agias . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 13.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀγίας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |