Archermus

Archermus (Ancient Greek: Άρχερμος) was a sculptor of Chios working in the middle of the 6th century BC.^[1] His father, Micciades, and his sons, Bupalus and Athenis, were sculptors of marble.

A scholium on Aristophanes' Birds,^[2] credits Archermus with having been the first to represent Nike and Eros with wings.^[3][4] A running archaic Nike figure that was found at Delos in 1877 (Tarbell), was at first too hopefully connected with a separate base found nearby, which recorded the execution of a statue by Archermus and Micciades;^[5] at first it was dubbed the "Nike of Archermus".^[6] Unfortunately it is the base, which probably supported a sphinx, that alone is by Archermus and his father.^[7]

The Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, classify their cast of the Nike as:

Nike of Delos. Marble, 0.90 m. Winged female figure, either a freestanding sculpture or an akroterion (roof ornament). Possibly by Archermos. 570-560 BC. From the Temple of Artemis at Delos. (Athens NM 21).

• Tarbell, F. B. A History Of Greek Art. Chapter V, fig. 85 (the Nike "of Archermus").

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Archermus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 326.