Callimachus: Quick Facts

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Flourished	c.500 BCE - c.401 BCE
Notable Works	“Venus Genetrix”

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Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Phidias

Phidias

Greek sculptor

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Lysippus

Greek sculptor

Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus

Praxiteles

Greek sculptor

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Scopas

Greek sculptor

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Myron

Greek sculptor

Idolino

Polyclitus

Greek sculptor

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Antenor

Greek sculptor

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Pasiteles

Greek sculptor

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Butades Of Sicyon

ancient Greek sculptor

Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome

Leochares

Greek sculptor

Agasias: Borghese Warrior

Agasias

Ephesian sculptor

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Pythagoras

Greek sculptor

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Demetrios of Alopeka

Greek sculptor

“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Apollonius The Athenian

Greek sculptor

Damophon: sculptures

Damophon

Greek sculptor

Sidney Barclay: Colossus of Rhodes

Chares of Lindos

ancient Greek sculptor

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Archermus

Greek sculptor

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Critius and Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

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Euphranor

Greek artist