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Critius

Ancient Athenian sculptor

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Also known as Kritios · Critias

Born: 6th century BCE
Died: 5th century BCE
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: sculptor
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early 5th century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the Severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher of Myron. With Nesiotes (Νησιώτης,) Kritios made the replacement of the Tyrannicides ("Tyrant-killers") group by Antenor, which had been carried off by the Persians in the first stage of the Greco-Persian Wars. The new group stood in the Agora of Athens and its composition is known from Roman copies.

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Time period: classical antiquity
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Has works in the collection: Acropolis Museum
Student: Ptolichus of Corcyra
Partner in business or sport: Nesiotes
Member of: Critius and Nesiotes

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