Eutychides
Eutychides ( Greek Εὐτυχίδης ) was an ancient sculptor from Sikyon in Greece .
He was considered a pupil of Lysippus . According to Pliny the Elder, he was active in the 121st Olympiad , that is at least in the years from 296 to 293 BC. Among his works, the Tyche of Antioch on the Orontes is the only one that could be inferred on the basis of coin depictions of the city goddess in the holdings of ancient Roman copies, even if these details differ. A reduced copy is in the Vatican Museums . It shows the goddess of the city, newly founded by Antiochus I , sitting on a rock, crowned by a city wall reinforced with towers, with the personified river Orontes at her feet. The Tyche was considered the most famous work of Eutychides and was still held in high esteem by the inhabitants of Antioch at the time of Pausanias in the 2nd century AD. Other of his works include the statue of an Olympic champion and the portrait of the river god Eurotas , which was particularly emphasized because of its depiction of flowing water.
literature
- Tobias Dohrn : The Tyche of Antioch . Mann, Berlin 1960.
- Carl Robert : Eutychides 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 1532 f.
- Andreas Rumpf : Eutychides. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Sp. 471-471.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pausanias 6: 2, 6.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia , 34, 51.
- ^ Pausanias 6: 2, 6.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia , 34, 78.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eutychides |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sicyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |