Aristocles from Kydonia
Aristocles from Kydonia ( Greek Άριστοκλῆς ) was a Greek sculptor who worked at the turn of the 6th to the 5th century BC. Was active.
Aristocles came from Kydonia in Crete . Pausanias mentions a group of statues in Olympia , donated by Euagoras von Zankle and created by Aristocles , which shows Heracles and the mounted Amazon queen Hippolyte fighting for the belt, which he was supposed to obtain as the ninth of his twelve tasks. Preserved fragments from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia can possibly be assigned to this group. The work must have been created by Aristocles before the year 494, since Zankle is renamed Messene in that year . Partial dating is thus also possible. Identification with the sculptor of the same name from Attica is questionable.
literature
- Günther Bröker : Aristocles (IV). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 86.
supporting documents
- ↑ Pausanias 5:25, 11.
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| SURNAME | Aristocles from Kydonia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Άριστοκλῆς (Greek); Aristocles from Kydonia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kydonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |