Pythagoras (sculptor)

Pythagoras of Samos or Pythagoras of Rhegion

Rhegium.^[1]^[5] While a Samian by birth, he was a pupil of Clearchus of Rhegium.^[1]

Pythagoras was at first a painter, but eventually turned to sculpture, apparently focusing on portraits of athletic champions from Hellenized cities of

Quintus Lutatius Catulus had built in fulfillment of a vow made at the Battle of Vercellae. Pausanias mentions a statue of this name,^[8] and lists several of his works, including a sculpture of the boxer Euthymos, without mentioning this artist's home town. The base of the statue has been found at Olympia however, on which Pythagoras signs himself as "the Samian".^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Smith, Philip (1867). "Pythagoras (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 626. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
^ Pliny the Elder. "CHAP. 19.—AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS IN BRASS, AND OF THE ARTISTS, 366 IN NUMBER.". The Natural History. He is said to have resembled the last-mentioned artist so much in his features, that they could not be distinguished.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gardner, Ernest Arthur (1896). A Handbook of Greek Sculpture. London: Macmillan Publishers. pp. 154, 200, 203, 244–248.
^ Herodotus, 6.23-5
^ "Ministry of Culture and Sports | Delphi Archaeological Museum". odysseus.culture.gr. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
^ Pliny the Elder. Natural History, 34-59.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 6.6.6.

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ISBN 0-521-27366-8
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[DGRBM-2] Smith, Philip (1867). "Pythagoras (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 626. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.

[3] Pliny the Elder. "CHAP. 19.—AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS IN BRASS, AND OF THE ARTISTS, 366 IN NUMBER.". The Natural History. He is said to have resembled the last-mentioned artist so much in his features, that they could not be distinguished.

[sculpture-4] Gardner, Ernest Arthur (1896). A Handbook of Greek Sculpture. London: Macmillan Publishers. pp. 154, 200, 203, 244–248.

[5] Herodotus, 6.23-5

[6] "Ministry of Culture and Sports | Delphi Archaeological Museum". odysseus.culture.gr. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

[7] Pliny the Elder. Natural History, 34-59.

[8] Pausanias. Description of Greece, 6.6.6.

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