Cincinnatus, (sculpture).

Cincinnatus, (sculpture).

Karkadoulias, Eleftherios, sculptor.

Karkadoulias, Mercene, assistant.

Zalants, Anitsa, assistant.

Karkadoulias Bronze Art, founder.

Cincinnatus, (sculpture).

1982. Installed May 1, 1988. Dedicated May 10, 1988.

Figure: bronze with patina; Base: pink granite.

Figure: approx. 12 x 8 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. 2 in. x Diam. 15 ft.

(Rear of plow, proper left:) ELETHERIOS N. KARKADOULIAS, SC./CINCINNATI, OHIO 1982 (Top of plow blade:) ERECTED/5 - 1 - 88/DEDICATED/5 - 10 - 88/CAST/BY/E. KARKADOULIAS/BRONZE ART/CINCINNATI OHIO (Plaque on front of base:) LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS/CIRCA 458 BC/THE LEGENDARY ROMAN IS SEEN HERE AFTER HE HAD/DEFEATED THE AEQUIANS AND RESCUED THE TRAPPED ROMAN/ARMY. WITH ONE HAND HE RETURNS THE FASCES, SYMBOL OF/POWER AS APPOINTED DICTATOR OF ROME, HIS OTHER HAND HOLDS/THE PLOW, AS HE RESUMES THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN AND FARMER. OUR CITY WAS NAMED IN 1790 BY GOVERNOR ARTHUR ST. CLAIR, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, AN ORDER/OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICERS WHOSE FIRST PRESIDENT/WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON. GIVEN TO THE CITY, TO HONOR THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT/OF THE CITIZEN-SOLDIER, CINCINNATUS, BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE CINCINNATUS ASSOCIATION./1984 signed Founder's mark appears.

A portrait of Cincinnatus. He is middle-aged and his hair and beard are curly and neatly-cropped. He wears a belted tunic and open sandals laced to his knees. His proper right arm extends forward and presents a fasces, a bundle of rods tied around an axe. His proper left arm reaches behind him, the proper left hand resting on top of a plow handle.

Portrait male -- Cincinnatus, Lucius Quintius -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Political -- Dictator

Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing

Occupation -- Political -- Statesman

Portrait male -- Karkadoulias, Eleftherios -- Head

Object -- Tool -- Plow

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati

Administered by City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Recreation Commission, 805 Central Avenue, Suite 800, Two Centennial Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Located Sawyer Point Park, Bicentennial Commons, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Cincinnatus Foundation commissioned the work for $215,000 and donated it in 1984 in time for the City's 194th birthday. Cincinnatus served as dictator of Rome during the attack of the Aequians in the 5th century BC. He resigned the office to return to farming after the invasion was repulsed. Cincinnatus is the City's namesake. The City of Cincinnati was named by Governor Arthur St. Clair, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, an order of Revolutionary War officers. Previous plaque on the front of the base read: THE SPIRIT OF CINCINNATUS. The face of the figure is said to be that of the artist's. IAS files contain related articles from The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), May 12, 1988; The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), May 18, 1982.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), Dec. 14, 1987.

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