Persaios (sculptor)
Persaios ( ancient Greek Περσαῖος ) was a Greek sculptor from Athens who worked in the first half of the 3rd century BC. Was active.
He is known from a dedicatory inscription that was found on the base of a statue of the agonothete Theophanes. According to the inscription, the statue was donated by Theophanes' son Dioscurides in honor of Dionysus Eleutheros . In addition to Persaios, Heortios is named on the inscription as the sculptor of the statue . The base of bluish marble was built in Roman times in the eastern Paraskenion of the Dionysostheater on the Athenian Acropolis, the inscription was not visible due to the construction of the cuboids.
Both the name Persaios and the name Heortios are rarely attested and only in the 3rd century BC. To be found where the form of the inscription can be dated. The name of the agonothet Theophanes can be found on two other inscriptions that also list the name of the reigning Archon of Athens Sosistrates. Since Sosistrates in the first half of the 3rd century BC B.C., the time the statue was made is therefore certain.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Persaios 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIX, 1, Stuttgart 1937, column 931.
- Paolo Moreno : Persaios . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 6. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- Ute W. Gottschall: Persaios. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 643.
Remarks
- ↑ IG II², 3851 .
- ↑ See Ute W. Gottschall: Persaios. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, p. 643.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Persaios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Περσαῖος (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |