Hieron (Koroplast)

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Hieron ( ancient Greek Ἱέρων ) was a Greek coroplast who lived around 50 BC. Chr. In Myrina worked in Asia Minor.

Hieron is known from several signatures on clay statuettes of the goddess Aphrodite . His signature can also be found on the statuette of a muse , a woman, a dancer, an actor and a statuette with children.

literature

  • Dominique Kassab: Statuettes en terre cuite de Myrina. Corpus des signatures, monogrammes, lettres et signes . Paris 1988, No. 46, 1/3 ; 46, 4; 47, 5/6; 47, 7-9; 48 (1), 10. (Bibliothèque de l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes d'Istanbul, 29).
  • Rainer Vollkommer : Hieron (III) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 319.
personal data
SURNAME Hieron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Koroplast
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC BC or 1st century