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Myron
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thumb|Roman marble copy of Myron's most famous work, the Discobolus. [[Towneley Marbles, British Museum]] Myron of Eleutherae (; , Myrōn ; 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.
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Myron was a male sculptor and artist from Classical Athens who worked during the classical antiquity period. He was a student of Ageladas and is associated with the ancient Greek art movement. His notable works include the Discobolus and Athena and Marsyas. Myron’s native name was Μύρων, and he spoke Ancient Greek.
He was born and died in 500 BCE at the Fortress of Eleutherai, with his floruit also recorded as 500 BCE. Myron had a child named Lycius and was associated with the significant place of Phlya. His works are held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Museo del Prado, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and Musée Saint-Raymond. He is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Fortress of Eleutherai
- Child
- Lycius
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Ageladas
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Movement
- ancient Greek art
- Work location
- Ancient Greece
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
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- Myron
- date of death
- 0500-01-01
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- Myron
- time period
- classical antiquity
- name in native language
- Μύρων
- floruit
- 0500-00-00
- name
- Miron
- significant place
- Phlya
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Works in European collections
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thumb|Roman marble copy of Myron's most famous work, the Discobolus. [[Towneley Marbles, British Museum]] Myron of Eleutherae (; , Myrōn ; 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.