Chrysothemis (sculptor)
Chrysothemis of Argos was a Greek sculptor who worked in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. Was active.
Together with Eutelidas he created two victorious statues that were placed in the Zeus sanctuary Olympia . They showed the Olympians Damaretus and his son Theopompos from Heraia . Pausanias reports that at the 65th Olympic Games (520 BC) Damaretos was the first winner of the newly established weapon race ( Hoplitodromos ), and that his son Theopompos was the winner in the Pentathlon .
In an epigram at the base of the statues, the two sculptors stated that they had adopted their skills from older masters. It is assumed that they are therefore artists from the environment of the Argive school of Hagelaides .
literature
- Carl Robert : Chrysothemis 6. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2521.
- Luigi Guerrini: Chrysothemis . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (editor): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 2. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1959.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Chrysothemis. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 141.
Remarks
- ↑ Pausanias 6:10 , 4.
- ^ Pausanias 6:10 , 5.
- ^ Rainer Vollkommer: Chrysothemis. In: Artists lexicon of antiquity. Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, p. 141.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chrysothemis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |