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Aetion: Art & Overview
Aetion /eɪˈiːʃən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀετίων) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis, mentioned by Callimachus and Theocritus, from whom we learn that at the request of Nicias, a famous physician of Miletus, he executed a statue of Asclepius in cedar wood. He flourished about the middle of the 3rd century BC. There was an engraver of the same name; but…
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