Kleonymos (sculptor)
Cleomynos ( ancient Greek Κλεώνυμος ) was a Greek sculptor from Samos who worked in the second half of the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd century BC. Was active in Lindos and Kameiros on Rhodes .
He is known from two inscriptions on statue bases. One base was found on the Acropolis of Lindos, the statue on it was donated by Euphrantidus, a priest of the city goddess Athena Lindia and Zeus Polieus, according to the inscription . The base is dated to around 236 BC. Dated. The other base was found in Kameiros, the statue was donated in honor of a demiurge by Kleinagoras, Milon, Chariades and Damanasse. Nothing is known about the statues themselves.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Kleonymos 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary Volume VIII, Stuttgart 1956, Col. 249.
- Antonio Di Vita: Cleomynos . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 4. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1961.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Cleomynos. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A - K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 418.
Remarks
- ^ Christian Blinkenberg : Lindos II: Inscriptions. Berlin 1941, pp. 441f., No. 107 ( text ).
- ↑ Giulio Jacopi : Clara Rhodes II . Istituto storico-archeologico, Rhodos 1932, p. 427, no. 46.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleonymus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κλεώνυμος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |