Thoas (sculptor)
Thoas ( ancient Greek Θόας ) was a Greek sculptor from the Pamphylian city of Side , who around 170 BC. Was active.
Thoas is only known by his signature on a statue base found on the Acropolis of Lindos on the island of Rhodes . The base is made of Lartic marble and carried a bronze portrait statue in honor of an Actaion, the son of Ex [Akestos]. The statue was consecrated by the demos of the Polis Lindos to the city goddess Athena Lindia and Zeus Polieus .
literature
- Georg Lippold : Thoas 10. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI A, 1, Stuttgart 1936, Col. 302.
- Paolo Moreno : Thoas . In: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale Vol. 7, Rome 1966
- Inga Schmidt: Hellenistic statue bases (= archaeological studies , volume 9). Peter Lang, Bern 1995, ISBN 3-631-48059-8 . P. 375.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Thoas . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 898.
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Blinkenberg : Lindos II: Inscriptions. Berlin 1941, No. 189 ( Text ( Memento of the original dated August 23, 2013) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
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| SURNAME | Thoas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Θόας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |