Pyrrhus was an Athenian sculptor of 5th century BC. He is mentioned in the list of Pliny as the maker of bronze statues of Hygieia and Athena. In 1840, a base was found in the Acropolis of Athens, bearing the following inscription ^[1]

ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΙΤΕΙΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΙΤΕΙΥΓΙΕΙΑΙ ΠΥΡΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ

The Athenians to Athena and Hygeia. Pyrrhus the Athenian made it.

References

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Pyrrhus artists.2
• The Monuments of Athens: An Historical and Archaeological Description - Page 28 by Panagiotes G. Kastromenos, Agnes Smith Lewis 1884
• Athens and Its Monuments Page 256 By Charles Heald Weller 1913

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