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- Flourished:
- c. 125–c. 75 bce, Ephesus [now in Turkey]
- Flourished:
- c.125 BCE - c.75 BCE
- Ephesus
- Notable Works:
- “Borghese Gladiator”
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Agasias: Borghese Warrior
Bronze copy of Agasias's Borghese Warrior, in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, France; the original is in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
Agasias
Ephesian sculptor
Agasias (flourished c. 125–c. 75 bce, Ephesus [now in Turkey]) was a sculptor of Ephesus, known for his Borghese Warrior, a statue of a warrior on foot in combat with a warrior on horseback.
Agasias is known to have been the son of one Dositheus, but otherwise the only record of him derives from the inscription on the pedestal of the statue. The approximate dating is derived from the style of the work, which, along with the Apollo Belvidere, was discovered in the ruins of the imperial palace at Anzio (ancient Antium), Italy.
This sculptor should not be confused with a presumed contemporary of the same name and also of Ephesus, whose father was Menophilus and who created a number of portrait statues found on the Greek island of Delos.
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