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Archermus

Archermus () was a sculptor of Chios working in the middle of the 6th century BC. His father, Micciades, and his sons, Bupalus and Athenis, were sculptors of marble.

A scholium on Aristophanes' Birds, cites a scholiast on Aristophanes’ Birds, v. 573. credits Archermus with having been the first to represent Nike and Eros with wings. H. B.Cotterill (1913) ebooksread.com Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great [Retrieved 2011-09-15]

(worldcat.org Retrieved 2011-12-05) A running archaic Nike figure that was found at Delos in 1877 (Tarbell), was at first too hopefully connected with a separate base found nearby, which recorded the execution of a statue by Archermus and Micciades; at first it was dubbed the "Nike of Archermus". Unfortunately it is the base, which probably supported a sphinx, that alone is by Archermus and his father.

The Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, classify their cast of the Nike as:

Nike of Delos. Marble, 0.90 m. Winged female figure, either a freestanding sculpture or an akroterion (roof ornament). Possibly by Archermos. 570-560 BC. From the Temple of Artemis at Delos. (Athens NM 21).

Notes

References

  • Tarbell, F. B. A History Of Greek Art. Chapter V, fig. 85 (the Nike "of Archermus").

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References

  1. [http://www.chioslife.gr/en/general-information/famous-chians chioslife.gr website] [Retrieved 2011-09-15]
  2. K.Sheedy [https://www.jstor.org/pss/504203 jstor.org] Retrieved 2011-09-15
  3. [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/h-b-henry-bernard-cotterill/ancient-greece--a-sketch-of-its-art-literature--philosophy-viewed-in-connexio-tto/page-22-ancient-greece--a-sketch-of-its-art-literature--philosophy-viewed-in-connexio-tto.shtml H. B. (Henry Bernard) Cotterill. Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great.] Retrieved 2011-09-15
  4. Athens NM 21.
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