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Calamis (other)
Calamis may refer to two sculptors of ancient Greece: * Calamis (5th century BC) * Calamis (4th century BC) See also * Calamus (other) {{hndis ...
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Calamis (5th Century BC)
Calamis (fl. 5th century BC) was a sculptor of ancient Greece. He was possibly from Boeotia, but nothing certain is known of his life although he is credited with having lived in Athens, and his sculptures are representative of Athenian sculpture. Although none of his works survives, he is known for his talent and skill in sculpting animals, especially horses, as opposed to the human body. He is known to have worked in marble, bronze, gold, and ivory, and was famed for statues of horses, which Pliny says were unrivaled.''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol.IV'', (London) Charles Knight, p.21 According to Pausanias (9.16.1), Calamis produced a statue of Zeus Ammon for Pindar, and mentions a Hermes Criophorus for Tanagra (9.22.1), which was later depicted on Roman coins of the city. His statue of Apollo Alexikakos stood in the Ceramicus of Athens. He produced his most ambitious work, a 30-cubit statue of Apollo for Apollonia Pontica (on modern St. Ivan Island, Bul ...
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Calamis (4th Century BC)
Calamis ( fl. 4th century BC) was a Greek sculptor. One of his pupils was Praxias Praxias ( grc, Πραξίας) and Androsthenes ( grc, Ἀνδροσθένης), were Greek sculptors, who are said by Pausanias (x. 19, 4) to have executed the pediments of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Both were Athenians, Praxias a pupil of .... References Hellenistic sculptors 4th-century BC Greek sculptors Ancient Greek sculptors {{Greece-sculptor-stub ...
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