Scopas
Family: human · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 43
In Book 1, Chapter 43, Scopas made statues of Love, Desire and Yearning, each expressing a particular shade of meaning. In Book 2, Chapter 10, he created a stone Hercules for a gymnasium.
Later works include a statue of Hecate (Book 2, Chapter 22) and a bronze Aphrodite seated on a bronze he-goat (Book 6, Chapter 25). In Book 8, Chapter 28, his statues of Æsculapius and Hygiea stood in a temple; in Chapter 47, both appeared beside Athene. In Book 9, Chapter 17, a statue of Artemis Euclea was also attributed to him.
Relationship record
Life events
- Scopas created a stone statue of Hercules for the gymnasium.(Book 2 · Chapter 10 · 📍 gymnasium)
- With: Hercules
- “Not far from the market-place in the gymnasium is a Hercules in stone, the work of Scopas.”
Book 1 · Chapter 43
- with Love (Scopas made the statue of Love.) “and by Scopas Love and Desire and Yearning, each statue expressing the particular shade of meaning marked by the words.”
- with Desire (Scopas made the statue of Desire.) “and by Scopas Love and Desire and Yearning, each statue expressing the particular shade of meaning marked by the words.”
- with Yearning (Scopas made the statue of Yearning.) “and by Scopas Love and Desire and Yearning, each statue expressing the particular shade of meaning marked by the words.”
Book 2 · Chapter 10
- with Hercules (Scopas made the stone statue of Hercules.) “Not far from the market-place in the gymnasium is a Hercules in stone, the work of Scopas.”
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- with Hecate (Scopas made a statue of Hecate.) “the statue is the work of Scopas”
Book 6 · Chapter 25
- with Aphrodite (Scopas made a statue of Aphrodite.) “inside the grove is a basement on which is a brazen statue by Scopas of the Pandemian Aphrodite sitting on a brazen he-goat”
Book 8 · Chapter 28
- with Æsculapius (Scopas made the statue of Æsculapius.) “There is there a temple of Æsculapius in Pentelican marble, his statue has no beard, there is also a statue of Hygiea, both statues are by Scopas.”
- with Hygiea (Scopas made the statue of Hygiea.) “There is there a temple of Æsculapius in Pentelican marble, his statue has no beard, there is also a statue of Hygiea, both statues are by Scopas.”
Book 8 · Chapter 47
- with Æsculapius (Scopas made the statue of Æsculapius.) “On one side of the statue of Athene stands Æsculapius, on the other Hygiea in Pentelican marble, both by the Parian Scopas.”
- with Hygiea (Scopas made the statue of Hygiea.) “On one side of the statue of Athene stands Æsculapius, on the other Hygiea in Pentelican marble, both by the Parian Scopas.”
- with Athene (Scopas made the statue of Athene.) “On one side of the statue of Athene stands Æsculapius, on the other Hygiea in Pentelican marble, both by the Parian Scopas.”
Book 9 · Chapter 10
- with Athene (Scopas sculpted the statue of Athene.) “At the approach to the temple are statues of Athene and Hermes in stone, called gods of the Vestibule, Hermes by Phidias and Athene by Scopas, and next comes the temple itself.”
Book 9 · Chapter 17
- with Artemis Euclea (Scopas made the statue of Artemis Euclea.) “the statue of the goddess is by Scopas”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.