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- Flourished:
- 6th century bc, Magnesia, Ionia [now in Turkey]
- Flourished:
- c.600 BCE - c.501 BCE
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Bathycles
Greek sculptor
Bathycles (flourished 6th century bc, Magnesia, Ionia [now in Turkey]) was an ancient Greek sculptor whose only known work was a marble altar built around an ancient statue of Apollo at Amyclae. This work was commissioned by the Spartans and was described by the 2nd-century-ad Greek chronicler Pausanias as being adorned with mythological reliefs and free-standing supporting figures. Some architectural fragments, but virtually none of the sculptures, have been recovered.
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