Aristocles (son of Cleoitas)
Aristocles ( Greek Ἀριστοκλῆς ) was a Greek sculptor who worked in the second half of the 5th century BC. Was active.
Aristocles was the son of Cleoitas and possibly the grandson of Aristocles from Sicyon . Pausanias writes that Aristocles had created a group of sculptures for installation in Olympia on behalf of a Gnathis from Thessaly . It showed Zeus and Ganymede . It is unclear whether he was also the artist who carried out the restoration work on the relief at the base of the Athena Parthenos created by Phidias on the Acropolis of Athens .
literature
- Günther Bröker : Aristocles (V). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 87.
supporting documents
- ↑ Pausanias 5,24,5 ( English translation ).
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 1388 , lines 64-65.
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SURNAME | Aristocles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀριστοκλῆς |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |