Euphranor of Corinth (Ancient Greek: Εὐφράνωρ) (middle of the 4th century BC) was a Greek artist. Pliny the Elder provides a list of his works including a cavalry battle, the Twelve Gods, a painting of the feigned madness of Odysseus, and a Theseus, Euphranor said regarding his statue of Theseus, that Parrhasius's Theseus had lived on a diet of roses, whereas his own was a beef-eater. 1
No known existing statues have been identified as copies from works of Euphranor (but see a series of attributions by Six in Jahrbuch, 1909, 7 foil.). His work appears to have resembled that of his contemporary Lysippus, notably in the attention he paid to symmetry, in his preference for bodily forms slighter than those usual in earlier art, and in his love of heroic subjects. He wrote a (now lost) treatise on proportions.2
He was a contemporary of Antorides, and, like him, studied under Ariston.3
References
References
- "Pliny's natural history 35.40". attalus.org.
- Chisholm 1911.
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History 35.36
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Euphranor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 894.