Pythodo'rus
(
*Puqo/dwros), artists.
1. A Theban sculptor, of the archaic period, who made the statue of Hera (
ἄγαλμα ἀρχαῖον) in her temple at Coroneia.
The goddess was represented as holding the Sirens in her hand. (
Paus. 9.34.2. s. 3; comp. Miller,
Archäol. d. Kunst, § 352, n. 4.)
2, 3. Two sculptors, who flourished under the early Roman emperors, and are mentioned by Pliny among those who "filled the palace of the Caesars on the Palatine with most approved works." (
Plin. Nat. 36.5. s. 4.11; comp. Thiersch,
Epochen, pp. 300, 325, foll.)
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