Thrasymedes

Thrasymedes

Thrasymedes

Ancient Greek sculptor

This article is about the sculptor. For the mythological Greek captain of the Trojan Wars, see Thrasymedes (son of Nestor). For the insect, see Thrasymedes (treehopper).

Thrasymedes /ˌθræsɪˈmiːdiz/ of Paros (Greek: Θρασυμήδης ο Παριανός) was an ancient Greek sculptor. Formerly, he was regarded as a pupil of Phidias because he set up in the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus a seated chryselephantine sculpture of that deity, which was evidently a copy of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Phidias. An inscription found at Epidaurus yet proves that the temple and the statue belong to the 4th century BCE.[1]

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    Chisholm 1911.

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Thrasymedes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.
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