Asopodoros (sculptor I)
Asopodoros ( ancient Greek Ἀσωπόδωρος ) was a Greek sculptor from Argos who worked in the first half of the 5th century BC. Was active.
It is known from an inscription on a statue base found in Olympia . After this he was together with the sculptors Athanodoros , Atotos , Argeiadas and possibly Argeios the creator of a consecration gift consisting of several statues from a Praxiteles from Mantineia , which he donated after Olympia. Since Pausanias does not mention the monumental work, it is assumed that it was no longer in Olympia at the time. The multi-part bathron with the inscriptions was found in the Temple of Zeus .
Another sculptor named Asopodoros is mentioned by Pliny . Unless there is a mix-up, it may be a descendant of Asopodorus.
literature
- Carl Robert : Asopodoros 6th In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, column 1705 ( digitized version ).
- Piero Orlandini: Asopodorus . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale . Volume 1: A - Bar. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1958.
- Günther Bröker: Asopodoros (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A - K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 100.
Remarks
- ^ Emanuel Loewy : Inscriptions by Greek sculptors . Teubner, Leipzig 1885, pp. 24-26 .
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 34, 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asopodoros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀσωπόδορος (grcS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |