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Myron of Eleutherae (480–440 BC) (Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica . According to Natural History , a Latin encyclopedia by Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79), a scholar in Ancient Rome, Ageladas of Argos was his teacher.
Myron was a Greek sculptor, an older contemporary of the sculptors Phidias and Polyclitus, considered by the ancients as one of the most versatile and innovative of all Attic sculptors. Myron was born in Eleutherae, a small town on the border between Attica and Bocotia, and lived most of his life.
May 11, 2018 · The Greek sculptor Myron (active ca. 470-450 B.C.) was one of the most renowned sculptors of the early classical period. Myron was born at Eleutherai on the Attic side of Mt. Kithairon, probably before 500 B.C.
Apr 28, 2022 · Myron’s Discobolus (460–450 BC) was a bronze sculpture of the Classical period in Greek art that portrayed a discus thrower. Myron’s original disc thrower statue has been lost to time, but the piece is recognized through multiple Roman reproductions, both full-scale marble replicas (which were less expensive than bronze) and lesser bronze ...
Myron. Biography of Early Classical Greek Sculptor Noted for Discobolus, Discus-Thrower. MAIN A-Z INDEX - A-Z of SCULPTURE. Discus Thrower (Discobolus) Roman copy of an original. High Classical Greek sculpture. by Myron (425 BCE). National Roman Museum, Rome. GREATEST GREEK STATUE.
Greek sculptor active in Athens in the mid-5th century bc. He was one of the leading Greek sculptors of the period and is celebrated for his bronze Discobolus (Discus Thrower), which survives in Roman marble copies; the best of them is in the Terme Museum in Rome.
Dec 6, 2023 · Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower) by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Coiled with athletic energy, balance, and the promise of movement, see the potential of an idealized human body.
Myron of Eleutherae, working c. 480–440 BC, was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Pliny's...
Myron (1), sculptor from Eleutherae (on the Boeotian-Attic border), active c.470–440 bce. Reputed pupil of Hageladas and rival of *Pythagoras (2) (Plin., HN 34. 57). He was the greatest representative of the post-Archaic period of experimentation in Greek bronze sculpture, and was much interested in proportion (Plin.
Chionis, a 7th-century BC Olympic victor from Sparta, was commemorated in an idealized bronze by Myron. Attributions. An epigram on Ladas, the fleetest runner of his time, notes that he was commemorated in a sculpture by Myron; of Myron's Ladas there is no known copy.
