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Antenor
Antenor. Athenian sculptor active in the late 6th century bc. In antiquity he was famous for his bronze group of the Tyrannicides (c.510 bc, now lost), which stood in the agora (market place) in Athens until it was carried off as booty by the Persian king Xerxes after he sacked the city in 480 bc. The group was restored by Alexander the Great or one of his successors; meanwhile a replacement by Critius and Nesiotes had been set up, and in Pausanias' day the two groups still stood together. An impressively solid marble kore from the Acropolis at Athens (now Acropolis Mus.) may belong to a base signed by Antenor; and by comparison of style some archaeologists attribute to him or his workshop the pedimental sculpture of the late Archaic temple of Apollo at Delphi.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Antenor." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Antenor." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Antenor.html IAN CHILVERS. "Antenor." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Antenor.html |
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Antenor
Antenor , fl. last half of 6th cent. BC, Greek sculptor who executed the bronze statues of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogiton. In 480 BC, Xerxes carried these statues away from Athens, but they were discovered later at Susa by Alexander and sent back. A marble figure of a woman, signed on the base by Antenor, was found in the ruins of the Acropolis at Athens. See also Critius . |
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"Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Antenr-scul.html "Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Antenr-scul.html |
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Antenor
Antenor in Greek mythology, wise elder of Troy who urged that Helen be returned to Menelaus. The Greeks spared him and his family when they sacked Troy. A later myth portrays Antenor as a traitorous spy who opened the door of the wooden horse. |
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"Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Antenr-myth.html "Antenor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Antenr-myth.html |
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