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Smilis (Ancient Greek: Σμῖλις) was a legendary ancient Greek sculptor, the contemporary of Daedalus, whose name was associated with the archaic cult figure [fr] at the Heraion of Samos. Smilis was born on the island of Aegina.

References

1. Smilis signifies "chisel", Andrew Stewart observes in One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works: "Contemporaries of Daidalos and the Daidalidai".
2. Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.4.4; Clement of Alexandria. Protrepticus,4.47.2.
3. Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001

External links

• Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works "The Sculptors: The Archaic Period"

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