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'''Bryaxis''' (born revoca. 350 BC) was an [[ancient Greek]] sculptor. He created the sculptures on the north side of the [[Mausoleum of Maussollos|mausoleum]] of [[Mausolus|Maussollos]] at [[Halicarnassus]] which was commissioned by the queen [[Artemisia II of Caria|Artemisia]] II of [[Caria]] in memory of her brother and husband, Mausolus. The three other greatest sculptors of their time, [[Leochares]], [[Scopas]] and [[Timotheus]], were each one responsible for one side of the [[Grave (burial)|grave]]. The tomb was completed three years after the death of Mausolus and one year after the death of Artemisia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Fergusson, John|title=The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus|year=1862|location=London|publisher=John Murray|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GSUuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8}}</ref> Some authors allege that Bryaxis created a famous colossal statue of [[Serapis]] in the temple at Alexandria; however, according to [[Adolf Michaelis|Michaelis]], [[Athenodoros Cananites]] expressly pointed out that the Bryaxis connected with the Alexandrian statue was merely a namesake of the famous Bryaxis.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Hellenistic Studies|year=1885|volume=vol. VI|pages=289-292|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OUcaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA289}}</ref> Bryaxis |
'''Bryaxis''' (born revoca. 350 BC) was an [[ancient Greek]] sculptor. He created the sculptures on the north side of the [[Mausoleum of Maussollos|mausoleum]] of [[Mausolus|Maussollos]] at [[Halicarnassus]] which was commissioned by the queen [[Artemisia II of Caria|Artemisia]] II of [[Caria]] in memory of her brother and husband, Mausolus. The three other greatest sculptors of their time, [[Leochares]], [[Scopas]] and [[Timotheus]], were each one responsible for one side of the [[Grave (burial)|grave]]. The tomb was completed three years after the death of Mausolus and one year after the death of Artemisia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Fergusson, John|title=The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus|year=1862|location=London|publisher=John Murray|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GSUuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8}}</ref> Some authors allege that Bryaxis created a famous colossal statue of [[Serapis]] in the temple at Alexandria; however, according to [[Adolf Michaelis|Michaelis]], [[Athenodoros Cananites]] expressly pointed out that the Bryaxis connected with the Alexandrian statue was merely a namesake of the famous Bryaxis.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Hellenistic Studies|year=1885|volume=vol. VI|pages=289-292|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OUcaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA289}}</ref> The works of Bryaxis include a bronze statue of Seleucus, king of Syrian, 5 huge statues at Rhodes,<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|author=Smith, Sir William|year=1849|publisher=Charles C. Little, and James Brown|location=Boston|page=513|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=m_ErAAAAYAAAJ&pg=PA513}}</ref> and a statue of Apollo at Daphne near [[Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Handbook of Greek Sculptures|year=1897|author=Gardner, Ernest Arthur|volume=vol. 2|publisher=Macmillan and Co|location=London|page=374|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=cp8CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374}}</ref> |
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Bryaxis (born revoca. 350 BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor. He created the sculptures on the north side of the mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus which was commissioned by the queen Artemisia II of Caria in memory of her brother and husband, Mausolus. The three other greatest sculptors of their time, Leochares, Scopas and Timotheus, were each one responsible for one side of the grave. The tomb was completed three years after the death of Mausolus and one year after the death of Artemisia.[1] Some authors allege that Bryaxis created a famous colossal statue of Serapis in the temple at Alexandria; however, according to Michaelis, Athenodoros Cananites expressly pointed out that the Bryaxis connected with the Alexandrian statue was merely a namesake of the famous Bryaxis.[2] The works of Bryaxis include a bronze statue of Seleucus, king of Syrian, 5 huge statues at Rhodes,[3] and a statue of Apollo at Daphne near Antioch.[4]
References
- ^ Fergusson, John (1862). The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. London: John Murray.
- ^ Journal of Hellenistic Studies. Vol. vol. VI. 1885. pp. 289–292.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Smith, Sir William (1849). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Boston: Charles C. Little, and James Brown. p. 513.
- ^ Gardner, Ernest Arthur (1897). A Handbook of Greek Sculptures. Vol. vol. 2. London: Macmillan and Co. p. 374.
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