Callon of Ægina

Also known as: Callon · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 32

In Book 2, Chapter 32, Callon of Ægina is named as the maker of a wooden statue of Athene and as a pupil of Tectæus and Angelion. In Book 3, Chapter 18, another work by Callon is described above a statue of Proserpine.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 32

• mentor: Tectæus “the wooden statue of the goddess is by Callon of Ægina; who was the pupil of Tectæus and Angelion, who designed the statue of Apollo at Delos; and they were pupils of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
• mentor: Angelion “the wooden statue of the goddess is by Callon of Ægina; who was the pupil of Tectæus and Angelion, who designed the statue of Apollo at Delos; and they were pupils of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
• with Athene (Callon made Athene's statue.) “the wooden statue of the goddess is by Callon of Ægina”

Book 3 · Chapter 18

• with Proserpine (interaction) “And the third is by Callon of Ægina, and under it is a statue of Proserpine the daughter of Demeter.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.