Artemon (engineer)
Artemon was a in the 5th century BC. Living Greek engineer from Klazomenai .
Artemon supported the Athenian statesman Perikles in his ultimately successful siege of the city of Samos in 440/439 BC. Through the invention of new siege engines. The fact that he was lame and allowed himself to be carried around in a litter, as the Greek historian Ephoros von Kyme claimed, is due to a confusion with that of the 6th century BC. Living Artemon, who was satirically attacked by the poet Anakreon .
literature
- Johannes Toepffer : Artemon 1). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, col. 1445.
Remarks
- ↑ Ephoros in Plutarch , Perikles 27; Diodorus 12, 28; Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 7, 56.
- ↑ Cf. Plutarch, Perikles 27; Athenaios 12, 533f.
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| SURNAME | Artemon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |