Leukarion
Leukarion ( ancient Greek Ληυκαρίον ) was a Greek sculptor who worked at the end of the 6th century BC. Was active on Naxos .
He is only known from an inscription on a marble statue base, which identifies him as the creator of a tomb of Theolist . It was found in 1977 in the left apse of the Byzantine Christ Church east of the Temple of Demeter near Sangri (coordinates of the place of discovery: 37 ° 1 ′ 46.4 ″ N, 25 ° 26 ′ 7.6 ″ E ). The base is now in the Archaeological Museum of Naxos .
The text of the inscription, written as a bustrophedon , reads:
- Ληυκαρίον ἐηπο
- ίεσήν μη Θεολίστεο μνῆ̣μα
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer : Leukarion. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 450.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leukarion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ληυκαρίον |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |