Akestor (sculptor)

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Akestor ( ancient Greek Ἀκέστωρ ) of Argos , son of Aishron, was a Greek sculptor who probably worked in the late 4th or early 3rd century BC. Was active.

After Pausanias , he created a victorious statue of the pentathlete Alexibios , which was placed in the Zeus sanctuary Olympia . The statue is mentioned in Pausanias at a point that clearly dates back to the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Victor statues that can be dated to BC are discussed. On an inscription from the shrine of Zeus on the Arcadian mountain Lykaion is the victory of Alexibios in 313 or 303 BC. Lykaia held there shows why the time of origin of the statue to around 300 BC. Can be narrowed down. Another known work by Akestor is the statue of a Demosthena, donated by her parents as a votive offering to the healing gods Asclepius and Hygieia in Troizen in the Argolis . According to an inscription preserved on the statue base, he created this statue together with the sculptor Toron . This statue was also dated to around 300 BC. Dated.

In older literature, the victorious statue from Olympia is attributed to an Akestor from Knossos , who is named by Pausanias as the father of the sculptor Amphion , but for whom no artistic activity can be proven. It is now believed that both statues were created by the Argive Akestor.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Pausanias 6:17 , 4.
  2. ^ IG V, 2 550
  3. ↑ IG IV 772
  4. ^ Pausanias 10:15 , 6.
  5. ↑ Detlef Roessler: Akestor. In: Künstlerlexikon der Antike , p. 19.
personal data
SURNAME Akestor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἀκέστωρ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC Chr.