Pyrrhus was an Athenian sculptor of 5th century BC. He is mentioned in the list of Pliny as the maker of bronze statues of Hygieia and Athena. In 1840, a base was found in the Acropolis of Athens, bearing the following inscription[1]
ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΙΤΕΙΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΙΤΕΙΥΓΙΕΙΑΙ ΠΥΡΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ
The Athenians to Athena and Hygeia. Pyrrhus the Athenian made it.
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- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Pyrrhus artists.2
- The Monuments of Athens: An Historical and Archaeological Description - Page 28 by Panagiotes G. Kastromenos, Agnes Smith Lewis 1884
- Athens and Its Monuments Page 256 By Charles Heald Weller 1913
- ^ IG I³ 506 Att. — Athens: Akr. — s.a. 433 BC
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