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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 active during classical antiquity in Classical Athens. Born in the Fortress of Eleutherai, he worked in the field of art of sculpture within the ancient Greek art movement. His notable works include *Discobolus* and *Athena and Marsyas*. He was a student of Ageladas and had a son named Lycius. Myron’s works are held in collections such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, Museo del Prado, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and Musée Saint-Raymond. He is described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Died
- 2 May 2019
- Works
- 72
Top works
- The mechanism of electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centres and oxygen evolution by plants
- Modern Nonlinear Optics, Volume 119, Part 2
- Advances in Chemical Physics, Dynamical Processes in Condensed Matter
- Advances in Chemical Physics, Memory Function Approaches to Stochastic Problems in Condensed Matter
- Photons Magnetic Field Optical Nmr Spectroscopy (Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Say You Want Me
- We Can Get Down1997
- Destiny1998
- Free2003
- Two Hearts2005
- Myron & The Works2008
- The Overture2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,430
- Total plays
- 132,786
Tags
1) American R&B singer/songwriter, born in Cleveland, Ohio. 2) Myron is a pop-duo from Basel in Switzerland. Their first album is called "On Air". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Myron">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities
· 1973 · cited 19,802x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,236x
- Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy
· 2011 · cited 5,740x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,776x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,521x
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Myron, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Reputation
- Works
- Attributions
- Gallery
- References and sources
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.
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