Hegias of Athens
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Hegias or Hegesias of Athens (Greek: Ἡγησίας) was a famous sculptor of Athens, a member of the Late Archaic school of the generation before Pheidias. No surviving work can be securely identified as his, though Pliny mentions a Pyrrhus Supported by Pallas Athena.
Pausanias (8.42.4 and 8.42.10) mentions Hegias as the contemporary of Onatas and of Agelatus of Argos. Lucian of Samosata mentions Hegesias, in common with Kritios and Nesiotes, as belonging to the Archaic school, whose productions were constrained, harsh, stiff and rigid, though accurate in the outline. Quintilian says of Hegesias and Callon that their works were harsh and resembled the Etruscan style. (Smith). Pliny's Natural History (vol. xxxiv.8.19) places Hegias among the rivals of Phidias.
Notes
- ^ Hegias and Hegesias are possibly two different men.
- ^ Smith points out that Pliny mistook Pyrrhus son of Achilles, the hero, with Pyrrhus the king.
References
- William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology vol. 2, pp. 368ff.(On-line text)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Hegesias". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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