Onatas
Also known as: Onatas of Ægina / Onatas the Æginetan · Family: Aeginetan · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 25
Onatas of Ægina was the son of Micon. In Book 5, Chapter 25, his name appeared on the shield of Idomeneus, and an inscription on Hercules named him as its maker. In Chapter 27, he jointly designed a votive Hermes for the Arcadians of Pheneos with Calliteles; the inscription gives their joint credit, while the account suggests Calliteles may have been Onatas’s pupil or son.
In Book 6, Chapter 12, Onatas made the chariot of Hiero the son of Dinomenes. By Book 8, Chapter 42, he was described as a contemporary of Hegias and Ageladas, and as the maker of a brazen statue of Apollo for Pergamus. A generation after the Persian invasion of Greece, he made a brazen statue of Demeter for Phigalia. In Book 9, he painted Adrastus’s first expedition against Thebes and Euryganea dejected at her sons’ quarrels; in Book 10, his works with Calynthus were among the votive offerings.
Relationship record
Life events
- Onatas and Calliteles jointly designed a votive Hermes for the Arcadians of Pheneos.(Book 5 · Chapter 27 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Calliteles
- “And the inscription states that Onatas the Æginetan jointly designed it with Calliteles”
- Onatas makes a brazen statue of Demeter for Phigalia.(Book 8 · Chapter 42 · 📍 Phigalia)
- “made a brazen statue of Demeter for the people of Phigalia, a generation after the Persian invasion of Greece.”
Book 5 · Chapter 25
- with Idomeneus (Onatas made the statue of Idomeneus.) “And the name of the artificer is inscribed on the shield of Idomeneus, ‘This and many besides are the work of the skilful Onatas, the son of Micon of Ægina.’”
- parent: Micon “This and many besides are the work of the skilful Onatas, the son of Micon of Ægina.”
- with Hercules (Onatas made the votive statue of Hercules.) “Onatas the son of Micon made me, a dweller at Ægina.”
Book 5 · Chapter 27
- with Calliteles (They jointly designed the votive offering; Calliteles may have been Onatas's pupil or son.) “the inscription states that Onatas the Æginetan jointly designed it with Calliteles”
- with Calliteles (Calliteles is described uncertainly as either Onatas's pupil or son.) “the inscription states that Onatas the Æginetan jointly designed it with Calliteles, who must I think have been the pupil or son of Onatas”
- with Hermes (The pronoun refers to the statue of Hermes.) “the inscription states that Onatas the Æginetan jointly designed it with Calliteles”
Book 6 · Chapter 12
- with Hiero the son of Dinomenes (interaction) “The chariot is by Onatas the Æginetan”
Book 8 · Chapter 42
- parent: Mico “Onatas of Ægina, the son of Mico”
- with Apollo (interaction) “This Onatas made a brazen statue of Apollo for the people of Pergamus, most wonderful both for its size and artistic merit.”
- with Hegias (interaction) “Onatas was therefore a contemporary of the Athenian Hegias and the Argive Ageladas.”
- with Ageladas (interaction) “Onatas was therefore a contemporary of the Athenian Hegias and the Argive Ageladas.”
- with Demeter (interaction) “made a brazen statue of Demeter for the people of Phigalia”
Book 9 · Chapter 4
- with Adrastus (Onatas painted a scene depicting Adrastus's expedition.) “and by Onatas the first expedition of Adrastus and the Argives against Thebes.”
Book 9 · Chapter 5
- with Euryganea (Onatas painted Euryganea) “Onatas also painted for the people of Platæa Euryganea dejected at the quarrels of her sons.”
Book 10 · Chapter 13
- with Calynthus (interaction) “These votive offerings were the works of art of Onatas the Æginetan and Calynthus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.