Aetion

Aetion /eɪˈiːʃən/ (Ancient Greek: Αετίων) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis,[1] mentioned by Callimachus[2] and Theocritus,[3] 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.[4]

For the painter sometimes called by the same name, see Echion (painter).

References

1. Smith, William (1870), "Aetion (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, p. 51
2. Callimachus, Anth. Gr. ix. 336
3. Theocritus, Epigr. vii
4. Karl Otfried Müller, Arch. der Kunst, p. 151.

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aetion (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
• Antonio Corso. Aetion, Artist of the Age of Alexander. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 7. Ed. S. V. Mal’tseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova, A. V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2017, pp. 103–109. ISSN 2312-2129. https://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa177-1-11