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Myron of Eleutherae (480–440 BC) (Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. [1] Alongside three other Greek sculptors, Polykleitos Pheidias , and Praxiteles , Myron is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity . [ 2 ]
Kresilas (Greek: Κρησίλας Krēsílas; c. 480 – c. 410 BC) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia.He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron.
Vicki Myron (born 1947) is an American author and librarian. [1] Director of the Spencer Public Library for more than 20 years, she is best known for her book Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World , co-written with Bret Witter.
Roman bronze reproduction of Myron's Discobolus, 2nd century AD (Glyptothek, Munich) 3D model of a replica at National Gallery of Denmark, Denmark.. The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", Greek: Δισκοβόλος, Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period in around 460–450 BC that depicts an ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus.
Polykleitos's Doryphoros, an early example of classical contrapposto.Roman marble copy in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Polykleitos (Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE.
6 Argos. 7 Assos & Atarneus. 8 Astacus. 9 Athens. 10 Byzantium. 11 Cardia. 12 Camarina. 13 Cassandreia. ... Myron the Elder, fl. 648 BC, former Olympian winning in ...
Classicism in Greek sculpture derives mainly from the Athenian cultural evolution in the 5th century B.C. In Athens, the main artistic figure was Phidias, but Classicism owes an equally important aesthetic contribution to Polykleitos, active in Argos. However, in those times Athens was a much more influential city, hence its greater role as a ...
He was also said to have organized a successful war against Argos because of his anti-Dorian feelings. After his victory he abolished all the rhapsodes of Homer, because they praised the citizens of Argos. [1] The key innovation of his reign, which Herodotus mentions, was the reformation of the tribal system in the city of Sicyon.