Endœus
Role: Athenian sculptor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 26
Endœus was an Athenian sculptor and pupil of Dædalus, whom he accompanied to Crete when Dædalus fled after killing Calus. In Book 1, Chapter 26, Endœus is credited with designing a seated statue of Athene, dedicated by Callias.
By Book 8, Chapter 46, his workmanship was also credited on an ivory statue of Athene Alea in Rome’s Forum, built by Augustus.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 26
- mentor: Dædalus (Dædalus was Endœus's teacher.) “Endœus was an Athenian by race, and the pupil of Dædalus, and accompanied Dædalus to Crete, when he fled there on account of his murder of Calus.”
- with Callias (Callias dedicated a statue designed by Endœus.) “The statue of Athene sitting is by him, with the inscription that Callias dedicated it and Endœus designed it.”
- with Athene (Endœus designed the statue of Athene.) “The statue of Athene sitting is by him, with the inscription that Callias dedicated it and Endœus designed it.”
Book 7 · Chapter 5
- with Athene (Endœus is conjectured to be the maker of Athene's statue.) “At Erythræ there is also a temple of Athene Polias, and a huge wooden statue of the goddess seated on a throne, in one hand a distaff in the other a globe. We conjecture it to be by Endœus from several circumstances, especially looking at the workmanship of the statue inside, and the Graces and Seasons in white marble, which used to stand in the open air.”
Book 8 · Chapter 46
- with Augustus (The statue associated with Augustus was made by Endœus.) “And you may see the statue of Athene Alea in the Forum at Rome built by Augustus. It is throughout of ivory and the workmanship of Endœus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.