Alcamenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαμένης) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was...
4 KB (431 words) - 07:20, 12 August 2023
Alcamenes or Alcmenes may refer to: Alcamenes, Athenian sculptor of the 5th century BC Alcmenes, Agiad king of Sparta from the 8th century BC Alcamenes...
252 bytes (66 words) - 04:23, 16 April 2013
Alcamenes (Greek: Ἀλκαμένης), son of Sthenelaidas, was appointed by Agis II as harmost of the Lesbians when they wished to revolt from the Athenians in...
1 KB (133 words) - 06:47, 11 September 2019
image is the work of Myron, and it has one face and one body. It was Alcamenes, in my opinion, who first made three images of Hecate attached to one...
63 KB (7,637 words) - 07:39, 9 September 2024
Herm of Hermes. Roman copy from the Hermes Propyleia of Alcamenes, 50–100 AD....
109 KB (10,722 words) - 13:58, 9 September 2024
sculpture was created by Paeonius and the Western sculpture was carved by Alcamenes. The metopes from the temple depict the twelve labours of Heracles.[citation...
12 KB (1,253 words) - 03:33, 20 August 2024
Ancient Agora of Athens (section Alcamenes)
three lost sculptures of Athena. A well-known associate of Phidias was Alcamenes, whose most important works in the agora were the bronze cult statues...
21 KB (2,524 words) - 11:41, 8 August 2024
to Thetis; and at Athens there was the famous statue of Hephaestus by Alcamenes, in which his physical disability was only subtly portrayed. He had almost...
51 KB (5,440 words) - 04:36, 17 August 2024
Gardens near the Ilisos river, holding a famous cult statue of Aphrodite by Alcamenes and a herm of Aphrodite near the temple. It is unsure whether the statue...
3 KB (290 words) - 05:56, 27 April 2024
but it does not mention the sculptor. Tradition attributes the work to Alcamenes. Pausanias described the temple in the 2nd century: Above the Kerameikos...
14 KB (1,711 words) - 20:12, 6 August 2024