Tyrannicides
- Title:
- Tyrannicides
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Kritios and Nesiotes (Greek original)
Unknown (Roman copy)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
477/76 BCE
2008 (image)
- Location:
- Warehouse
- ID Number:
- CCC_0137
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 89
89, arm of Harmodios [sic.] and on plinth (new sticker)
215 in thick black paint
square O in tick paint
137 - File Name:
- CCC_0137.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 195 (H) cm (complete statue)
- Culture:
- Roman, after Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial, after Greek Early Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
bronze (Greek original)
marble (Roman copy) sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Aristogeiton
Tyrannicide - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 117 (without plinth) (centimeters, height)
plinth: 49 x 115 x 178.5 x 36 (centimeters, width x length x length x width) - Description:
- This is a section of a cast of a Roman copy of the tyrant-slayer, Aristogeiton, one of the members of the Tyrannicide group by Kritios and Nesiotes. Preserved here are the tyrannicide's lower body from just above the navel and the plinth on which he stands. His genitals are broken away in this damaged cast. Aristogeiton's legs--left forward and right back--are in a striding position. The stump of a tree used as a support stands along the statue's left side. Also preserved here but detached are Aristogeiton's right forearm, broken at the elbow, and hand, in which he clutches part of a sword sheath, along with a strut that connected the wrist to the right thigh. The right arm, left hand (missing from this cast), and head (missing from this cast) of the statue represent restorations to the original in Naples. This cast of Aristogeiton was produced in several sections. A number of copies of the statue group by Kritios and Nesiotes, or portions thereof, are known. The group stood in the Agora of Athens and replaced an earlier group of the Tyrannicides by Antenor. The Antenor group was dedicated in the Athenian Agora ca. 509 BCE and then stolen by the Persians during their invasion of Athens in 480 BCE. It was later found at Susa by Alexander and restored to the Athenian Agora.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
inv. 6009 - Bibliography:
- Sture Brunnsåker, The tyrant-slayers of Kritios and Nesiotes (Lund, 1955)
Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt and Christa Landwehr, "Statuenkopien der Tyrannenmörder-Gruppe," JdI 101 (1986), 85-126
Michael W. Taylor, The Tyrant Slayers, 2nd ed. (Salem, NH: Ayer Co., 1991) - Related Work:
- Belongs with ID nos. 137a-c.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Naples, National Archaeological Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.