Description
A 2026 photograph of the scale model of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Origin site is Athens, Greece circa 334 BCE.
Publication Date
1978
Type of Artwork
Model
Time Period/Geographical Region
Ancient Greece
Height (cm/in)
116.84 cm / 46 in
Width (cm/in)
34.29 cm / 13.5 in
Depth (cm/in)
34.29 cm / 13.5 in
Disciplines
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity | Sculpture
Recommended Citation
Morehead State University. Camden-Carroll Library., "Choragic Monument of Lysicrates - 2026" (1978). Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection. 44.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/metropolitan_art_collection/44
Comments
The monument was erected in Athens around 334 BCE. and is made of pentelic marble. The choragic monument was erected by a wealthy patron of the arts named Lysikrates, to commemorate a first place award for one of his productions. Although this is the only extant choragic monument in Greece, we have literary evidence from Virgil's Aeneid (written between 29–19 BCE) that others existed. The original structure has a foundation that is 9.5 feet square, with an edifice that is 13 feet high. The monument is the first known use of the Corinthian order on the exterior of a building. It has been reproduced many times in the United States and Europe as architectural decoration for buildings that were part of the Greek Revival style of the 19th century.