Pliny the Elder, who offers the only surviving list of the sculptors of this influential Pergamene school, attributes to him works among the sculptures on the victory monument erected by Attalus I in the sanctuary of Athena at Pergamum to commemorate his victory over the Gauls of Galatia (223 BCE). Among works there by other sculptors, Pliny attributes to Epigonos a masterful Trumpeter and "his infant pitiably engaged in caressing its murdered mother"; the male figure in his group, once part of the dedication of Attalus I at Pergamon, is probably the original of the marble copy known in modern times as The Dying Gaul, in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
Pliny the Elder, who provides the sole surviving list of sculptors from this influential Pergamene school, attributes works to him on the victory monument erected by Attalus I at Athena's sanctuary in Pergamum to commemorate his defeat of Galatian Gauls (223 BCE). Among other sculptures attributed to different artists, Pliny attributes a masterful Trumpeter and "his infant pitiably caressing its murdered mother" to Epigonos; the male figure in his group, originally part of Attalus I's dedication at Pergamon, is likely the original of The Dying Gaul, now found in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.