Aristomachus (artist)
Aristomachos ( ancient Greek Ἀριστόμαχος ) was a Greek painter or sculptor of unknown time.
He is known from an epigram of Antipater of Thessalonica in the Anthologia Palatina , in which a work by Aristomachus is described. The river Strymon is named here as the origin of Aristomachos . The work shows the three courtesans Phaemonoë, Menekratis and Praexo, the offerings to a temple of Aphrodite bring. The text does not tell whether the work was a relief or a painting.
Because of the reading "Aristomenous" attested in a manuscript of the Anthologia Palatina , Aristomachos was equated with the painter Aristomenes from Thasos mentioned by Vitruvius . The contradiction in the indications of origin was explained by the spatial proximity of the river and the island.
literature
- Otto Rossbach : Aristomachos 22. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 946 ( digitized version ).
- Luigi Guerrini: Aristomachos 2 . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 1. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1958.
- Günter Bröker: Aristomachos (II) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 88.
Remarks
- ↑ Anthologia Palatina 6, 208.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aristomachus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀριστόμαχος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter or sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 8th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 8th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |