Melissos (sculptor)
Melissos ( ancient Greek Μέλισσος ) from Korkyra , son of Epicrates, was an ancient Greek sculptor . He worked in Dodona . A base with the signature of Melissos was found there. This is the only surviving work by the sculptor so far. The basis and thus his creative time are in the period between the second half of the 3rd century and the first half of the 2nd century BC. Dated.
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer : Melissos In: Derselbe (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 497.
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| SURNAME | Melissos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μέλισσος (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greco-Roman sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corfu |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |