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Alexander the Great

Sculptor Dimitris Armakolas from Tinos created this equestrian statue of Alexander the Great in 1997. It is a brass sculpture of the artist's mature period, which depicts the figure of the Macedonian king on horseback. At the pedestal of the sculpture, there is an engraved inscription reading “Alexander, son of Philip” in Greek. This work, as well as eight other sculptures by Armakolas, have adorned the premises of the National Hellenic Research Foundation since 2008.

 

Main Bibliography

 

  • Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011. 
  • Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
  • Κωνσταντίνος Μπουραζέλης, Άγγελος Ματθαίου, Αθήνα 2011.
  • Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
  • Καρδαμίτσα, Αθήνα 2016.
  • Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
  • Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
  • Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
  • Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
  • Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.

 

Main Webliography


http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org

Informations

Additional

Creator: Dimitris Armakolas (1939-2009)
Material: Brass
Date: 1997
Location: 48 Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue, Athens, inside the National Hellenic
Research Foundation
Type: Equestrian statue
Subject: Antiquity
Access: Monday-Friday, 09:00-16:00
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