Smilis

Smilis (Ancient Greek: Σμῖλις), was a legendary ancient Greek sculptor, the contemporary of Daedalus, whose name¹ was associated with the archaic cult figure at the Heraion of Samos.² Smilis was born on the island of Aegina³ and his father was named Euclides.⁴ He was the legendary head of the Aeginetan School of sculpture.⁴

References

Smilis signifies "chisel", Andrew Stewart observes in One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works: "Contemporaries of Daidalos and the Daidalidai".
Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.4.4; Clement of Alexandria. Protrepticus,4.47.2.
Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Smilis

External links

Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works "The Sculptors: The Archaic Period"

[1] Smilis signifies "chisel", Andrew Stewart observes in One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works: "Contemporaries of Daidalos and the Daidalidai".

[2] Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.4.4; Clement of Alexandria. Protrepticus,4.47.2.

[3] Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001

[Harry_Thurston_Peck,_Harpers_Dictionary_of_Classical_Antiquities_(1898),_Smilis-4] Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Smilis

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