Diphilus

The orientalizing features of this figure, the short beard - typical of poets - and the pensive attitude, suggest that the work is a portrait of the poety Diphilus, born in Sinope, a city on the coast of the Black Sea. Diphilus lived between the middle of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd centuries BC. From this time period is an original bronze portrait of the poet which compares to some works by the sculptor Scopas (ca. 375-ca.330 BC). This portrait is a Roman copy dating to the Early Imperial period. Diphilus (Greek: Δίφιλος), of Sinope, was a poet of the new Attic comedy and contemporary of Menander (342-291 BC). Most of his plays were written and acted at Athens, but he led a wandering life, and died at Smyrna.该雕像的东方化特征、诗人标志性的短胡须，以及沉思的姿态，均表明这件作品乃是诗人狄菲洛斯（Diphilus）的肖像——他出生于黑海沿岸的锡诺普城。狄菲洛斯生活于公元前4世纪中叶至公元前3世纪初。同期存世的一尊诗人原创青铜肖像，可与雕塑家斯科帕斯（Scopas，约公元前375年—约公元前330年）的部分作品相媲美。此件肖像为罗马帝国早期的复制品。锡诺普的狄菲洛斯（希腊语：Δίφιλος）是新阿提卡喜剧诗人，与米南德（Menander，公元前342年—公元前291年）为同时代人。他的大部分剧作均在雅典创作并上演，但他一生漂泊，最终卒于士麦那。