Agasias, son of Menophilus

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Agasias (Ancient Greek: Ἀγασίας), son of Menophilus was an Ancient Greek sculptor from Ephesus. He was possibly the cousin of Agasias, son of Dositheus, sculptor of the Borghese Gladiator.[1] He is mentioned in a Greek inscription, from which it appears that he exercised his art in Delos while that island was under Roman sway; probably some time about 100 BC.[2][3] He probably sculpted a striking figure of a warrior now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.[4]

References

  1. ^ wikisource-logo.svg Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Agasias". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  2. ^ Müller, Arch. d. Kunst, p. 155
  3. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Agasias (2)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 60, archived from the original on 2008-06-04, retrieved 2012-08-23{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "247: Marble statue of a fighting Gaul, found on Delos, Cyclades c. 100 BC". Collections: Sculpture: Hellenistic Period. Athens: National Archaeological Museum. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2012.