Boethos (gem cutter)
Boethos (Βόηθος) was a Greek gem cutter from the Hellenistic period, probably from the 2nd century BC. Chr.
He is known only by his signature on a now lost Sardonyx - Kameo with the presentation of Philoctetes , which cools his wound in the leg with a fan, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland, then collection Beverley.
literature
- S. Michel: Boethos 8-9. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 726.
- Otto Rossbach : Boëthos 13 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 607.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Boethos IX . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 121.
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SURNAME | Boethos |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Βόηθος (Greek) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek gem cutter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |