Paionios - Paionios (English spelling)

Japanese: パイオニオス - ぱいおにおす(英語表記)Paionios
Paionios - Paionios (English spelling)

Date of birth and death unknown. Ancient Greek sculptor. Born in Mende, Thrace, active in the second half of the 5th century BC. Creator of the statue of Nike, the goddess of victory descending from the sky, discovered in Olympia in 1875 (commonly known as "Nike of Paionios" at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia). This marble statue was originally placed on a 9-meter-high triangular pillar on the east side of the Temple of Zeus, and according to an inscription on the base, it was made to commemorate the victory of the Messenians and Naupactians over the Spartans in 421 BC. He is also known to have decorated the acroterion of the Temple of Zeus. The 2nd century AD travel writer Pausanias reports that he also created the sculptures on the east pedestal of the Temple of Zeus together with Alcamenes, but the veracity of this is uncertain.

[Masaaki Maeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

生没年不詳。古代ギリシアの彫刻家。トラキアのメンデ出身で、活躍期は紀元前5世紀後半。1875年にオリンピアで発見された、大空から舞い降りる勝利の女神ニケの像(通称「パイオニオスのニケ」。オリンピア考古美術館)の作者。この大理石像は、当時ゼウス神殿の東側にあった高さ約9メートルの三角柱上に置かれていたもので、台座の銘文から、メッセニア人とナウパクトス人が前421年のスパルタ人に対する戦勝を記念してつくられたものである。彼はまた、ゼウス神殿のアクロテリオンも飾ったことが知られている。紀元2世紀の紀行家パウサニアスは、彼がアルカメネスとともにゼウス神殿東破風(はふ)の彫刻も制作したと伝えているが、その真偽はさだかでない。

[前田正明]

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