STATUES - HITHER & THITHER
Germany
München
Stadt München

Bayern

Ludwigstraße 16
(Bayerische Nationalbibliothek)

Thukydides

Thucydides

c. 460 BC – c. 395 BC
Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
(Wikipedia)
Hans Vogel
1966

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Description

One of the four statues of sitting Greek and Roman writers on the bordes of the Bavarian State Library. From left to right:

  • thukydides
  • homer
  • aristoteles
  • hippokrates

    Annotation

    These four statues replace the originals after models by Ludwig von Schwanthaler (1837), these originals were sculpted by Johann Ernst Mayer (Thukydides and Homer, 1843), and Francesco Sanguinetti (Aristoteles and Hippokrates, 1843), at present in Bernau am Chiemsee (Schulhof).

    Sculptor

    Information

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    Location N 48°8'51" E 11°34'48"

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    Item Code: deby088; Photograph: 5 September 2010
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