Aetion

Greek sculptor
The basics

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IntroGreek sculptor
PlacesGreece
isArtist Sculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
The details

Biography

Aetion (Ancient Greek: Αετίων) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis, mentioned by Callimachus and Theocritus, from whom we learn that at the request of Nicias, a famous physician of Miletus, he executed a statue of Asclepius in cedar wood. He flourished about the middle of the 3rd century BC. There was an engraver of the same name; but when he lived is not known.

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