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Polykleitos

There was also a less well-known sculptor named Polykleitos in the early 4th century BC.

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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.

References

• Polyclitus, 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica; [1]

Greek works mentioning Polykleitos include:

• Pausanias, Description of Greece
• Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia

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