Pyrrhus of Athens

For other people with the same name, see Pyrrhus.

Pyrrhus was an Athenian sculptor of 5th century BC. He is mentioned in the list of Pliny as the maker of bronze statues of Hygieia and Athena. In 1840, a base was found in the Acropolis of Athens, bearing the following inscription ^[1]

ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΙΤΕΙΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΙΤΕΙΥΓΙΕΙΑΙ ΠΥΡΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ

The Athenians to Athena and Hygeia. Pyrrhus the Athenian made it.

References

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Pyrrhus artists.2 ^[usurped]
• The Monuments of Athens: An Historical and Archaeological Description - Page 28 by Panagiotes G. Kastromenos, Agnes Smith Lewis 1884
• Athens and Its Monuments Page 256 By Charles Heald Weller 1913

1. IG I³ 506 Att. — Athens: Akr. — s.a. 433 BC