Editing Myron (section)

==Works==
According to Pliny's ''Natural History,''  Myron's most famous works included "heifer, a dog (''canem'', [[Cerberus]]?), a Perseus, a satyr ([[Marsyas]]) admiring the flute and Minerva (Athena), a Hercules, which was taken to the shrine dedicated by Pompey the Great at the [[Circus Maximus]], ''[[Discobolus]]'' (the  [[discus throw]]er), and an Apollo for [[Ephesus]], "which Antony the triumvir took from the Ephesians, but the deified Augustus restored it again after being warned in a dream".<ref>"''fecit et canem et discobolon et Perseum et pristas et Satyrum admirantem tibias et Minervam, Delphicos pentathlos, pancratiasta, Herculem, qui est apud circum maximum in aede Pompei Magni. fecisse et cicadae monumentum ac locustae carminibus suis Erinna significat. fecit et Apollinem, quem ab triumviro Antonio sublatum restituit Ephesiis divus Augustus admonitus in quiete"''</ref> The Early Imperial Roman writers consistently rated Myron among the greatest of Greek sculptors, a sign that his contemporaneous reputation had remained high. The heifer seems to have earned its fame mainly by serving as a peg on which to hang [[epigram]]s,<ref>There are thirty-six epigrams on Myron's heifer in the [[Greek Anthology]], most of them remarking on its realism.</ref> which tell nothing about the pose of the animal.

[[Chionis of Sparta|Chionis]], a 7th-century BC [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic]] victor from Sparta, was commemorated in an idealized bronze by Myron.<ref>Pausanias iii.14.3.</ref>