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The Tyrannicides

The Tyrannicides. Bronze. 1.90m Severe style. Displayed in the Agora of Athens. Commemorate the assassination of Hipparchus by Harmodius and Aristogeiton in 514 BC. First group made by Antenor in 509 BC but taken by the Persians in 480 BC.

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The Tyrannicides

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  1. The Tyrannicides

  2. Bronze. • 1.90m • Severe style. • Displayed in the Agora of Athens. • Commemorate the assassination of Hipparchus by Harmodius and Aristogeiton in 514 BC. • First group made by Antenor in 509 BC but taken by the Persians in 480 BC. • Replacement made by Kritios and Nesiotes in 447/446 BC. • Kritios and Nesiotes’ version well known in marble copies.

  3. Harmodius • The younger of the two. • Clean shaven. • Tight curled hair. • Heroic nudity. • Attacking stance. • Strides vigorously forward. • Sword in each hand.

  4. Aristogeiton • Older man. • More developed muscles. • Bearded. • Chlamys • Protective stance. • Moves forward with resolution. • Hair ‘almost incised with tiny flame locks’.

  5. Woody sayz p81-83 • ‘The difference in personality, temperament and fate were all captured and conveyed in the very conception of the two figures’. • ‘The subtle curve of the cheek contrasts with the crisp sharp lines define the eyes, lips and nostril’. • ‘In the 5th century…they now sought to reveal the mind within the body, the intention that determines the action’.

  6. So what? • Two figures. • Different view points. • Dramatic but posed poses. • Humans idealised as heroes. • Real people but not real portraits. • ‘A definite commitment to action’ in contrast to the previous static poses of the kouroi.

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