Hegias (sculptor)

Hegias or Hegesias was a famous sculptor from Athens of the so-called Strict Style a generation before Phidias . No work can be safely attributed to him, although Pliny mentions a Pyrrhus supported by Pallas Athene. No less important, however, is the fact that he was Phidias' teacher in sculpture.

Pausanias (8.42.4 and 8.42.10) mentions Hegias as a contemporary of Onatas and Ageladas from Argos . Lukian of Samosata mentions Hegias in connection with the strictly styled sculptors Kritios and Nesiotes , who are known for the murderers of tyrants . He described the style as stiff and rough, but sharp in outline. Quintilian says of Hegesias and Kallon that their work is rough and has something in common with the Etruscan style. Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis historia (XXXIV 8.19) counts Hegias among Phidias' rivals.

literature

Philip Smith: Hegesias and Hegias . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 2 : Ea'rinus, Fla'vius – Nyx . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 368–369 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hegias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hegesias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Attic sculptor of the strict style
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH	Athens
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.