Herophon
Herophon[pronunciation?] (Greek: Ἡροφῶν, [hɛːropʰóːn]) son of Anaxagoras was a Macedonian sculptor of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. He is known from an inscription in Olympia, where he created a sculpture of Zeus for Eleans and other Greeks honouring Rome.
Herophon was also an envoy of Perseus of Macedon, sent to Eumenes II of Pergamon.
References[]
- Elis-Olympia-Epigraphical Database - IvO 317
- The Annals of the World [1] by James Ussher
Categories:
- 2nd-century BC Greek sculptors
- Ancient Greek sculptors
- Ancient Macedonian sculptors
- 2nd-century BC Macedonians
- Ancient Macedonians in Greece proper
- Roman-era Macedonians
- Roman Olympia
- Ancient Greece stubs