Archermus Explained

Archermus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Άρχερμος) was a sculptor of Chios working in the middle of the 6th century BC.^[1] His father, Micciades, and his sons, Bupalus and Athenis, were sculptors of marble.

A scholium on Aristophanes' Birds,^[2] credits Archermus with having been the first to represent Nike and Eros with wings.^{[3] [4]} A running archaic Nike figure that was found at Delos in 1877 (Tarbell), was at first too hopefully connected with a separate base found nearby, which recorded the execution of a statue by Archermus and Micciades;^[5] at first it was dubbed the "Nike of Archermus".^[6] Unfortunately it is the base, which probably supported a sphinx, that alone is by Archermus and his father.

The Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, classify their cast of the Nike as:

References

• Tarbell, F. B. A History Of Greek Art. Chapter V, fig. 85 (the Nike "of Archermus").

Attribution

Notes and References

1. http://www.chioslife.gr/en/general-information/famous-chians chioslife.gr website
2. cites a scholiast on Aristophanes’ Birds, v. 573.
3. H. B.Cotterill (1913) ebooksread.com Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great [Retrieved 2011-09-15]

   (worldcat.org Retrieved 2011-12-05)

4. K.Sheedy jstor.org Retrieved 2011-09-15
5. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/h-b-henry-bernard-cotterill/ancient-greece--a-sketch-of-its-art-literature--philosophy-viewed-in-connexio-tto/page-22-ancient-greece--a-sketch-of-its-art-literature--philosophy-viewed-in-connexio-tto.shtml H. B. (Henry Bernard) Cotterill. Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great.
6. Athens NM 21.