List of ancient coroplasters
The list of ancient coroplasts shows the coroplasts (or coroplasts ) of antiquity known by name, i.e. craftsmen who made statuettes from terracotta .
In addition to coroplasters, terracotta statuettes were also made by sculptors as a preliminary form of statues ( proplasmata ) and by potters as decorative elements of vases.
| Surname | Greek | Place of work | time | comment | example |
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| Agathemeros | Ἀγαθήμερος | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | only known from two statuettes | |
| Agathobulos | Ἀγαθόβουλος | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Ageles | Ἀγέλης | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Agestratos | Ἀγέστρατος | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | only known from a bust | |
| Aglaophone | Ἀγλαοφῶν | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | known from six statuettes, he is one of the oldest coroplastists from Myrina known by name | |
| Alexandros | Ἀλέξανδρος | Thessaloniki | 2nd century | only known from two statuettes | |
| Amyntas | Ἀμύντας | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | known from four statuettes | |
| Antiochus | Ἀντίοχος | Tralleis | 4th / 3rd Century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette that resembles the Myrinian ones | |
| Antipater | Ἀντίπατρος | Myrina | 1st century | only known from a statuette | |
| Antistios | Ἀντίστιος | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | known from five statuettes | |
| Apollous | Ἀπολλοῦς | Thessaloniki | 3rd century | only known from two statuettes | |
| Artemon | Ἀρτέμον | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | known twelve statuettes, perhaps he was also in Pergamon active | |
| Attalikos | Ἀτταλικός | Myrina | 1st century | known from six statuettes | |
| Attinas | Ἀττίνας | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Bassos | Βάσσος | Myrina | 1./2. Century | only known from two statuettes | |
| Butades | Βάσσος | Sicyon | 7th century BC Chr. | legendary coroplastist who was credited with inventing figural antefixes | |
| Damophilus | Δαμόφιλος | Magna Graecia | 5th century BC Chr. | Painter and coroplastist | |
| Dexicrates | Δεξικράτης | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Dios | Δῖος | Myrina | 1st century | only known from a statuette | |
| Diphilus | Δίφιλος | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | Known by almost seventy statuettes, he was the master of a workshop that continued to use his name as a brand name |
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| Epaphras | Ἐπαφρᾶς | Cyprus | 2nd century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Epidedos | Ἐπίδηδος | Asia Minor | 1st century AD | only known from a statue to which an identical copy with the signature of Molas exist | |
| Eros Zotici | - | Dacia | 2nd / 3rd Century | only of dedicatory inscriptions to Jupiter known | |
| Eutychos | Εὐτύχος | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | only known from a statuette | |
| Gaios | Γαῖος | Myrina | 1st century | only known from two statuettes | |
| Gorgasos | Γόργασος | Magna Graecia | 5th century BC Chr. | Painter and coroplastist | |
| Hermogenes | Ἑρμογένης | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | only known from two statuettes | |
| Hermocrates | Ἑρμοκράτης | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | only known from two statuettes | |
| Hieron | Ἱέρων | Myrina | around 50 BC Chr. | known from several statuettes of the goddess Aphrodite | |
| Hyperbolos | Ὑπέρβολος | Myrina | around 170 BC Chr. | only known from a fragmented statuette |
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| Maecius | Μαίκυος | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | known from four statuettes | |
| Maximos | Μάξιμος | Asia Minor | 2nd century | only known from a statuette | |
| Menophilus | Μμνόφιλος | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. | ||
| Menophilus | Μμνόφιλος | Myrina | 1st century | ||
| Metra (...) | Μητρα (...) | Myrina | 1st century | ||
| Molas | Μόλας | Asia Minor | 1st century AD | ||
| Monomachus | Μονόμαχος | Thessaloniki | 3rd century | only known from a statuette | |
| Moschidas | Μοσχίδας | Tarent | 4th century BC Chr. | ||
| Nicomachus | Νικόμαχος | Aecae | 6th century BC Chr. | ||
| Nikostratos | Νικόστρατος | Myrina | 2./1. Century BC Chr. |
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| Nymphis | Νύμφις | Myrina | 2nd century BC Chr. | ||
| Paideros | Παιδέρος | Myrina | 1st century | ||
| Papias | Παπίας | Myrina | 1st century BC / AD Chr. |
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| Patrophilos | Πατρόφιλος | Tarsus | 1st century | ||
| Philoxenus | Φιλόξενος | Tarent | 5th century BC Chr. | ||
| Popl (...) | Πορλ (...) | Myrina | 1st century | ||
| Pythodorus | Πυθόδορος | Myrina | 1st century | Son of the coroplast Menophilus | |
| Rufius | - | 1st century BC Chr. | Etruscan-Roman coroplast | ||
| Rusticelius Felix Afer | - | Rieti | |||
| Theodotos | Θεόδοτος | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | known from three statuettes | |
| Theogonos | Θεόγονος | Myrina | 1st century BC Chr. | ||
| Trifer | - | Pozzuoli | unknown | ||
| Valens | Οὐάμλες | Thessaloniki | 3rd century | ||
| Valerius | Οὐαλαίριος | Thessaloniki | 2nd century | ||
| Varius | Οὐάριος | Myrina | at 40 |
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Artists lexicon of antiquity . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 .