Smilis
Illustration — Statue of Smilis on the facade of the New Hermitage Building in St Petersburg, Russia Smilis, was a legendary ancient Greek sculptor, the contemporary of Daedalus, whose name was associated with Hera of Samos at the Heraion of Samos. Smilis was born on the island of Aegina and his father was named Euclides. He was the legendary head of the Aeginetan School of sculpture.
Smilis
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- 550 · Aegina.
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- sculptor
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- Ancient Greek
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Illustration — Statue of Smilis on the facade of the New Hermitage Building in St Petersburg, Russia Smilis, was a legendary ancient Greek sculptor, the contemporary of Daedalus, whose name was associated with Hera of Samos at the Heraion of Samos. Smilis was born on the island of Aegina and his father was named Euclides. He was the legendary head of the Aeginetan School of sculpture.
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Новый Эрмитаж: Миллионная улица, 35 / набережная Зимней канавки, 1, Центральный район, Санкт-Петербург - SMILIS - Смилис (Смилид) - Скульптор: А. И. Теребенёв
Александр Сигачёв
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- 1.Smilis signifies "chisel", Andrew Stewart observes in One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works: "Contemporaries of Daidalos and the Daidalidai".
- 2.Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.4.4; Clement of Alexandria. Protrepticus,4.47.2.
- 3.Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001
- 4.Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Smilis
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