What ancient Greek sculptor was famous for his athletes in bronze?

Answer 1

Myron

Myron (fl.c.480-440 B.C.), Greek sculptor, an older contemporary of the sculptors Phidias, and Polyclitus, considered by the ancients as one of the most versatile and innovative of all Attic sculptors.

Born in Eleutherae, he lived most of his life in Athens and is repeatedly called an Athenian by the 2nd-century-A.D. traveler Pausanias. The 1st-century writer Pliny cites Myron as the first to achieve lifelike representation in Art.

Working almost exclusively in bronze, he is best known for his many studies of athletes in action. Of his many works, only two representations survive: the group of Athena and Marsyas, originally standing on the Acropolis of Athens, and the "Discobolos" (Discus Thrower), both are marble copies made in Roman times.

AnswerPhidias

Phidias (fîd´ê-es)

fl. fifth century B.C.

Athenian sculptor who supervised work on the Parthenon. His statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Answer 2

Some Greek statues of athletes include

• Myron's Discobolos (Discus Thrower)
• Lyssipus' Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
• Polykleitos' Diadoumenos (Ribbon Tier)
  

Answer 3

The famous discus thrower statue which is actually called Discobolos by Myron

Answer 4

The name of the famous statue of a Greek athlete is "Discobolos" which translates to The Discus Thrower. The original one, which was made of brass, is gone but reproductions have been made.

Answer 5

discusthrower giggidy giggidy allright 00

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Answer 6

Myron, Phidias, Polyclitus, Praxiteles, Scopas, Lysippus.

Answer 7

discusthrower :) oh yeah