Philemon (gem cutter)

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Philemon ( Greek Φιλήμων ) was a Roman gem cutter in the last decades of the Roman Republic .

Philemon came from the city of Rome . It is known from a signature on a sardonyx , which is now kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna . Philemon worked with a globolo effects, in which the motifs were worked out primarily by means of simple spherical holes. With his work he recalls the works of Anteros, who was active in Rome around the same time .

The 2.5 centimeter cameo shows the naked Theseus armed with a club from behind, who is standing at the exit of the labyrinth and looks at the dead Minotaur . The labyrinth is designed in the form of a rectangular building with a gate. The slain Minotaur's limp upper body hangs down from the gate. On the right is the signature ΦΙΛΗΜΟΝΟϹ PHILEMONOS .

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SURNAME Philemon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Φιλήμων (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman gem cutter of the late Roman Republic
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC BC or 1st century