Anaxagoras (sculptor)
Anaxagoras ( Greek Ἀναξαγόρας ) from Aigina was a Greek sculptor who worked in the 5th century BC. Was active.
He created a ten cubits high bronze statue of Zeus for the Zeus sanctuary in Olympia , which, according to the report of Pausanias , was oriented to the east towards the rising sun. It was made on the occasion of the victory of the Greeks against Persia in the battle of Plataiai in 479 BC. BC and was dedicated to the participants in the battle. On the right side of the statue's pedestal were the poleis who took part in the battle. It is probably a base that was found during an excavation by Wilhelm Dörpfeld between the Temple of Zeus and the Buleuterion .
Another work by Anaxagoras is known through an epigram preserved in the Anthologia Palatina . This was a votive offering that was donated by a Praxagoras, further details are not given.
The importance of Anaxagoras is acknowledged in a fragment of the art-historical work of Antigonus of Karystos that has been handed down to Diogenes Laertios .
literature
- Carl Robert : Anaxagoras 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2077.
- Piero Orlandini: Anaxagoras . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 1, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1958.
- Eberhard Paul : Anaxagoras (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 37.
Remarks
- ↑ Herodotus 9:81.
- ↑ Pausanias 5:23 , 1-3.
- ↑ Anthologia Palatina 6, 139.
- ↑ Antigonos of Karystos in Diogenes Laertios 2, 15.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anaxagoras |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀναξαγόρας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |