Boëthus ( Greek: Βόηθος) was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age. His life dates cannot be accurately fixed, but he probably flourished in the 2nd century BCE. [1] One source gives his birthplace as Chalcedon. [2]
He was noted for his representations of children, especially for a group representing a boy struggling with a goose, of which several copies survive in museums. [3] Other works represent a girl playing with dice, and a boy extracting a thorn. [2] According to Pliny, [2] he also worked with silver. [4] Because Boethus was a common name in ancient Greece, specific details of his life are difficult to ascertain. [1]
References
- ^ a b Chilvers, Ian (1988). The Oxford dictionary of art. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-19-860476-9.
- ^ a b c Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Boethus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 116.
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