Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

PART II.
MYRON AND PHEIDIAS.

Throe great names represent the early prime of Greek
sculpture, namely, Myron, Pheidias, and Polycleitos of
Argos. These three are thought to have been fellow-
pupils of the Argive sculptor Ageladas.

Tho present part of the catalogue deals with Myron and
Pheidias. The third part deals first with their immediate
successors in Attica, and then turns to Polycleitos of
Argos and the sculptures of the Peloponnese; and next
to the special class of Greek reliefs.

MYRON.

Myron of Eleutherae in Attica worked at Athens in
the first half of the fifth century b.c. Although he had
not entirely abandoned the archaic style (notably, in his
rendering of hair, Pliny, H. N. xxxiv., 58), he was distin-
guished for his skill in representing life. His power lay
l>artly in the rendering of vigorous movement in sculp-
ture, as in his athletic statues, and partly in a realistic
imitation of nature, as in his famous cow.

No original works of Myron are extant. His best
known work, the Discobolos, is preserved in copies, one
of which is described below. The bronze statuette of
Marsyas in the Bronze Eoom maybe studied after a group
of Athene and Marsyas by Myron.
250. Graeco-Eoman copy of the bronze Discobolos of Myron.