person
Gaius Avianius Evander
Avianius Evander
also: C. Avianio Evandro, C. Avianius Evander, Evandro
C. Avianius Evander was a Greek sculptor and art-restorer active at Rome and Athens in the mid-first century BC. He is attested as restoring works by Praxiteles and other masters. He was lodging in C. Memmius's Athens property and faced eviction; Cicero interceded on his behalf in Fam. 13.2, at the request of his patron M. Aemilius.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.2 §1 C. Avianius Evander, who lives in your shrine-house
C. Avianius Evander was a Greek sculptor and art-restorer living at Rome and Athens; he worked on famous statues and is known to have restored Praxiteles' work. Here he is lodging in Memmius's Athens property, which apparently had a small shrine (sacrarium) on the premises.