Hippias (sculptor)
Hippias ( ancient Greek Ἱππίας ) was a Greek sculptor who worked in the 4th century BC. Was active.
Pausanias reports that a victorious statue of the tyrant Duris of Samos created by Hippias stood in the Zeus sanctuary Olympia . According to the inscription on the statue, Duris was the winner in the boys' fistfight . He and his family were in exile at that time because of the Athenian occupation of the island of Samos (366 / 365-320 / 321 BC).
literature
- Georg Lippold : Hippias 17. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, column 1712 ( digitized version ).
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hippias (I) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 320.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hippias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἱππίας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC Chr. |