Myron
c. 500 BCE – 500 BCE
Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC
- Born
- 500 BCE · Fortress of Eleutherai
- Died
- 500 BCE
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- c. 500 BCEBornBorn in Fortress of Eleutherai
- c. 500 BCEDiedDied
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Biography
Myron of Eleutherae (Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn [mý.rɔːn]; c. 485 – c. 440 BC) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. Alongside three other Greek sculptors, Polykleitos, Pheidias, and Praxiteles, Myron is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. 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.
None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many later copies of his works, such as his Discobolus, mostly Roman.
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