Author(s):
Knell, Heiner (Darmstadt)
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Folkerts, Menso (Munich)
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Baumhauer, Otto A. (Bremen)
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Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
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Blume, Horst-Dieter (Münster)
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Et al.
[German version] I Greek (Θεόδωρος;
Theódōros). [German version] [I 1] Of Samos, Greek architect, bronze sculptor and inventor, Archaic period Multitalented Greek inventor, architect, bronze sculptor and metal worker (
toreutḗs; Toreutics) of the Archaic period from Samos (for the occupational image cf. architect). His father was Telecles (Hdt. 3,41; Paus. 8,14,8; 10,38,6) or according to other sources (Diog. Laert. 2,103; Diod. Sic. 1,98) Rhoecus [3]; his name is so frequently mentioned in conjunction with the latter that both a clear definition of their relationship [1] and a clear distinction of their works are impossible. Various sources report T. as the maker of the ring of Polycrates [1] or at least the one who fitted its signet (Hdt. 3,41,1; Paus. 8,14,8). It is also reported that as
toreutḗs he created a large silver crater for Croesus which was then given to Delphi (Hdt. 1,51). Other sources mention a golden crater (Ath. 12,154 f.), a golden vine in the possession of the Persian king (Himerius, Eclogae 31,8), a bronze statue of Apollo Pythios in Samos (Diod. Sic. 1,98,5; Athenagoras 17), a self-portrait (Plin. HN 34,83) and his significance as a sculptor in general (Pl. Ion 533b). T. was the author of a treatise on the large Temple of Hera in Samos [3] (Vitr. De arch. 7 praef. 12); for that r…