About Nicodamus of Maenalus
Born 500 BC. Nicodamus of Maenalus was a sculptor.
Nicodamus was a sculptor from Maenalus (modern Mainalo) in Arcadia, who made statues of the Olympic victors Androsthenes, Antiochus of Arcadia, and Damoxenidas; one of the goddess Athena, in bronze and carrying her helmet and aegis, dedicated by the Eleans; and one of Hercules, as a youth, killing the Nemean lion with his arrows, dedicated at Olympia by Hippotion of Tarentum.
Since Androsthenes conquered in the pancration event in the 90th Olympiad, in 420 BC, the date of Nicodamus may be placed about that time. German archaeologist and art historian Johannes Overbeck placed Nicodamus in this time with certainty in his Ancient manuscript sources on the history of Greek fine arts (Die antiken Schriftquellen zur Geschichte der bildenden Künste bei den Griechen), which he wrote in 1868.
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Who was Nicodamus of Maenalus?
ancient Greek sculptor
When was Nicodamus of Maenalus born?
Nicodamus of Maenalus was born in 500 BC in Maenalus.
What was Nicodamus of Maenalus's occupation?
Nicodamus of Maenalus was a sculptor.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Nicodamus of Maenalus
· DBpedia: Nicodamus (sculptor)
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