Archermus
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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.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ionian League
- Place of birth
- Chios
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- has works in the collection
- National Archaeological Museum of Athens
- date of birth
- 0600-00-00
- time period
- Archaic Greece
- date of death
- 0600-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Archermos of Chios
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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, credits Archermus with having been the first to represent Nike and Eros with wings. 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.
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