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Polykleitos
There was also a less well-known sculptor named Polykleitos in the early 4th century BC.
Polykleitos (or Polycletus, Polycleitus, Polyclitus) was a Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC.
Polykleitos (or Polycletus, Polycleitus, Polyclitus) was a Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC.
He was of the school of Argos, a contemporary of Pheidias and in the opinion of the Greeks his equal. He made a figure of an Amazon for Ephesus which was regarded as superior to the Amazon of Pheidias made at the same time; and his colossal Hera of gold and ivory which stood in the temple near Argos was considered as worthy to rank with the Zeus of Pheidias.
- Polyclitus, 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica; [1] (http://35.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PO/POLYCLITUS.htm)
Greek works mentioning Polykleitos include:
- Pausanias, Description of Greece
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia
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