Damophilus
Damophilus was an ancient Greek painter and coroplast. Probably from Magna Graecia and worked in Rome. Along with his colleague Gorgasus, he was responsible for the decoration of the Temple of Ceres, which was consecrated in 493 BC and located between the Circus Maximus and the Aventine.
Damophilus
- Born
- 700
- Died
- 600
- Occupation
- painter · coroplast
- Fields
- mural · Greek terracotta figurine · acroterion
- Movements
- Archaic Greek sculpture
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Damophilus was an ancient Greek painter and coroplast. Probably from Magna Graecia and worked in Rome. Along with his colleague Gorgasus, he was responsible for the decoration of the Temple of Ceres, which was consecrated in 493 BC and located between the Circus Maximus and the Aventine.
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Born in 700, died in 600.
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. The field of work recorded is mural, Greek terracotta figurine and acroterion. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome.
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- 1.Pliny the Elder. Natural History.
- 2.Rossbach, 1901. p. 2076
- 3.Neudecker, 1997. p. 303
- 4.Vollkommer-Glökler, 2007. p. 157
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 35.61; 35.154.
- Rossbach, Otto (1901). "Damophilos 8". Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German) (Stuttgart). IV,2: 2076 ff.
- Neudecker, Richard (1997). "Damophilos". DNP (in German) 3. In Damophilos (Stuttgart: Metzler). p. 303. ISBN 3-476-01473-8.
- Vollkommer-Glökler, Doris (2007). "Damophilos". In Vollkommer, Rainer, ed. Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Über 3800 Künstler aus drei Jahrtausenden (in German) (Hamburg: Nikol). p. 157. ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7.
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