Pyrrhus of Athens

Pyrrhus of Athens

Pyrrhus was an Athenian sculptor of 5th century BC. He is mentioned in the list of Pliny as the maker of bronze statues of Hygieia and Athena. In the year 1840, a base was found in the Acropolis at Athens, bearing the following inscription [IG I³ 506 Att. — Athens: Akr. — s.a. 433 BC] cquote|ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΙΤΕΙΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΙΤΕΙΥΓΙΕΙΑΙΠΥΡΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ

References

*Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2942.html Pyrrhus artists.2]
*The Monuments of Athens: An Historical and Archaeological Description - Page 28 by Panagiotes G. Kastromenos, Agnes Smith Lewis 1884
*Athens and Its Monuments Page 256 By Charles Heald Weller 1913


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