Metiochus (sculptor)
Metiochos ( ancient Greek Μητίοχος ) was an ancient Greek sculptor .
Metiochos is known only from two signatures on bases from Oropos . Both were intended for equestrian statues and are made around the year 300 BC. Dated. No sculptures have survived or can not be attributed to him. The bases were later recycled .
swell
- Inscriptiones Graecae VII, 350 and 426
literature
- Heinrich B. Siedentopf : The Hellenistic equestrian monument. Stiftland-Verlag, Waldsassen 1968, pp. 16, 30, 129.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Metiochos (II) . In: Derselbe (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 516.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metiochus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μητίοχος (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |