Myron
Sign in to savethumb|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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- 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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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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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 500 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 500 BCE
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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
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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.