Soïdas

Soïdas ( Greek Σοΐδας ) was an ancient Greek sculptor from Naupaktos .

Together with Menaichmos he created a gold ivory statue of Artemis Laphria for the sanctuary of the goddess in Kalydon . After the Battle of Actium, Augustus moved the inhabitants of Kalydon to the newly founded Nicopolis near Actium, which celebrated his victory . The statue then came to Patras , which took over the Calydonian territory and which was particularly favored by Augustus. The statue of Laphria was also one of his donations to Patras. There Pausanias saw the gold ivory image in the 2nd century AD, which was still venerated on the acropolis of the city in his time . It was said to Pausanias that the sculptors worked soon after Kanachos from Sikyon and Callon from Aegina . This would become an acme by 450 BC at the latest. Since Kanachos at the end of the 6th century, Kallon until about 460 BC. Worked. But the dating of the Soïda is controversial.

literature

Georg Lippold : Soïdas. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III A, 1, Stuttgart 1927, Col. 799.
Kenneth DS Lapatin: Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-815311-5 , pp. 110-112.

Remarks

^ Pausanias 7:18 , 8-10.
^ Virginia Campbell Goodlett: Collaboration in Greek Sculpture: The Literary and Epigraphical Evidence. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor 1989, p. 107 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Soïdas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naupaktos
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.

[1] Pausanias 7:18 , 8-10.

[2] Virginia Campbell Goodlett: Collaboration in Greek Sculpture: The Literary and Epigraphical Evidence. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor 1989, p. 107 f.