Editing Myron (section)

{{Short description|Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC}}
{{about|the sculptor|other uses|Myron (disambiguation)|and|Myron (given name)}}

[[File:Discobolus side 2.jpg|thumb|Roman marble copy of Myron's most famous work, the ''[[ Discobolus]]''.  [[Towneley Marbles]], [[British Museum]]]]
'''Myron of Eleutherae''' (480–440 BC) ({{IPAc-en|'|m|ai|r|@|n}}; {{langx|grc|Μύρων}}, ''Myrōn'' {{IPA|el|mý.rɔːn|}}) was an Athenian [[sculpture|sculptor]] from the mid-5th century BC.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]]' references (e.g. [http://artflsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekApr19&getid=1&query=Paus.%206.8.4 6.8.4], etc.) seem to suggest that he habitually signed his works "Myron the Athenian": Eleutherae became an Athenian ''[[Deme|demos]]'' in 460 BC.</ref> Alongside three other Greek sculptors, [[Polykleitos]] [[Pheidias]], and [[Praxiteles]], Myron is considered as one of the most important sculptors of [[classical antiquity]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |entry=Polyclitus |first=Naomi |last=Blumberg  |entry-url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Polyclitus |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref> He was born in [[Eleutherae]] on the borders of [[Boeotia]] and [[Attica, Greece|Attica]].  According to ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'', a Latin encyclopedia by [[Pliny the Elder]] (AD 23 – 79), a scholar in Ancient Rome, [[Ageladas]] of Argos was his teacher.<ref>Pliny, ''Natural History'' [http://attalus.org/translate/pliny_hn34a.html#57 34.57], suggests that Myron was also in some sense self-taught: "''Hageladae et ipsum discipulum.''" The account of Myron directly follows Pliny's account of [[Polykleitos|Polyclitus of Sicyon]], also a pupil of Ageladas.</ref>

None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many later copies of his works, such as his ''[[Discobolus]]'', mostly Roman.