Fradmon
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Phradmon (Gr. '''''') was a little-known sculptor from Argos, whom Pliny places as the contemporary of Polykleitos, Myron, Pythagoras, Scopas, and Perelius, at Olympiad 90 in 420 BCE, in giving an anecdotal description of a competition for a Wounded Amazon for the temple of Artemis at Ephesus: in Pliny's anecdote, the fifth place was won by Phradmon, whom Pliny admits was younger than any of the four who were preferred to him. Trusting in Pliny's anecdote, scholars have often hopefully assigned the "Lansdowne" type of Wounded Amazon to Phradmon.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Argos
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of death
- 0460-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Fradmon (Φράδμων) foi um escultor da Grécia Antiga, pertencente à Escola de Argos. Plínio, o Velho, o cita como contemporâneo de Policleto, Fídias e Péricles. Participou de um célebre concurso de escultura para a criação de uma Amazona para o Templo de Ártemis em Éfeso. Também fez uma estátua do atleta , vencedor dos Jogos Olímpicos, e Theoridas atribuiu-lhe a autoria de um grupo de doze vacas em bronze dedicadas a Atena Itônia, mas é difícil de conciliar a cronologia dada por Plínio com a de Theoridas.
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