Ascarus ( Ancient Greek: Ἄσκαρος) was a sculptor of ancient Thebes, who made a statue of the Greek god Zeus, which was dedicated by the Thessalians at Olympia. [1] The classicist Friedrich Thiersch believed that he was a pupil of the sculptor Ageladas. [2]
References
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.24.1.
- ^ Friedrich Thiersch, Epochen der bild. Kunst, p. 160, &c. Anm.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Mason, Charles Peter (1870).
"Ascarus". In
Smith, William (ed.).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 378.
Ascarus ( Ancient Greek: Ἄσκαρος) was a sculptor of ancient Thebes, who made a statue of the Greek god Zeus, which was dedicated by the Thessalians at Olympia. [1] The classicist Friedrich Thiersch believed that he was a pupil of the sculptor Ageladas. [2]
References
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.24.1.
- ^ Friedrich Thiersch, Epochen der bild. Kunst, p. 160, &c. Anm.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Mason, Charles Peter (1870).
"Ascarus". In
Smith, William (ed.).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 378.