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Myron

500 BC - 500 BC

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Myron of Eleutherae (480–440 BC) (; Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn [mý.rɔːn]) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. Alongside three other Greek sculptors, Polykleitos Pheidias, and Praxiteles, Myron is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Natural History, a Latin encyclopedia by Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79), a scholar in Ancient Rome, Ageladas of Argos was his teacher. None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many later copies of his works, such as his Discobolus, mostly Roman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Myron is the 16th most popular sculptor (down from 3rd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 40th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Myron is most famous for his sculpture of a discus thrower.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Myron ranks 16 out of 258Before him are Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brâncuși, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Louise Bourgeois, Giambologna, and Bertel Thorvaldsen. After him are Scopas, Józef Gosławski, Jacopo Sansovino, Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, and Henry Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Myron ranks 12Before him are Ezra, Xerxes II of Persia, Brennus, Zeuxis, Artemisia I of Caria, and Ajatashatru. After him are Ictinus, Cyrus the Younger, Cratylus, Sogdianus of Persia, Meton of Athens, and Pleistarchus. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Myron ranks 8Before him are Leucippus, Ānanda, Polykleitos, Artemisia I of Caria, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Diogenes of Apollonia. After him are Hippasus, Rāhula, Himilco, Xanthippus, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, and Obadiah.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Myron ranks 103 out of 1,024Before him are John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Lysimachus (-361), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), John V Palaiologos (1332), and Cimon (-510). After him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Admetus (null), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Aristides (-550), and Agrippina the Elder (-14).

Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Myron ranks 5Before him are Phidias (-490), Praxiteles (-395), Polykleitos (-450), and Lysippos (-390). After him are Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Paeonius (-500), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), and Antenor (-590).