Agorakritos

Roman replica of a Greek statue of Athena from the 1st / 2nd centuries. Century, probably the Athena of Agorakritos

Agorakritos was a Greek sculptor from Paros , Phidias ' favorite pupil , with whom he is said to have worked several works together, such as the ten ells high picture of the Nemesis in Rhamnous and others. He alone was ascribed the archetypes of Zeus and Athena in Koroneia and certainly rightly Pliny calls him the creator of the cult image in the Metroon on the Agora of Athens .

literature

Carl Robert : Agorakritos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 882 f.
Maria Teresa Marabini Moevs: Agorakritos . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 1, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1958.
Georgios Despinis : Agorakritos . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , 2nd Supplement Volume 1, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1994.

personal data
SURNAME	Agorakritos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.