Botrys (sculptor)
Botrys ( ancient Greek Βότρυς ) was a Greek sculptor from Lucania who worked in the first half of the 2nd century BC. Was active in Rhodes .
It is only known from an inscription on a statue base found on Rhodes. It was a bronze statue that was donated as a votive statue on behalf of a certain Kleiton, son of Euphranor. Who the statue represented is unknown.
literature
- Carl Robert : Botrys 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume I, Stuttgart 1903, col. 257.
- Antonio Di Vita: Botrys . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 2. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1959.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Botrys. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A - K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 122.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Botrys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Βότρυς |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |