Theodorus

Family: Samos · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 14

Theodorus, a Samian sculptor and son of Telecles, became one of the first makers of cast-brass statues alongside Rhœcus. As the account puts it, “the first who fused and made statues of cast brass were Rhœcus the son of Philæus and Theodorus the son of Telecles both of Samos.”

His work also included an emerald seal frequently worn and prized by Polycrates, tyrant of Samos. A separate account names a Theodorus as the father of Herophile (second), describing him as a local shepherd.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rhœcus and Theodorus became the first makers of cast-brass statues.(Book 8 · Chapter 14)
  • With: Rhœcus
  • “For the first who fused and made statues of cast brass were Rhœcus the son of Philæus and Theodorus the son of Telecles both of Samos.”

Book 8 · Chapter 14

• parent: Telecles “Theodorus the son of Telecles both of Samos”
• with Polycrates (Theodorus made a seal worn and prized by Polycrates.) “The most famous work of Theodorus was the seal carved out of an Emerald, which Polycrates the tyrant of Samos very frequently wore and was very proud of”

Book 9 · Chapter 41

• with Rhœcus (They are jointly identified as early brass-founders.) “the Samians Theodorus and Rhœcus were the first brass-founders.”

Book 10 · Chapter 12

• child: Herophile (second) (This is the Erythræan account of Herophile's parentage.) “they say that she was the daughter of Theodorus (a local shepherd) and a Nymph”

Book 10 · Chapter 38

• parent: Telecles “I showed in a previous part of my work that the Samians Rhœcus, (the son of Philæus), and Theodorus, (the son of Telecles), were the first brass-founders.”

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