Thrasymedes of
Paros ( el, 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
Epidaurus ( gr, Ἐπίδαυρος) was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the ...
a seated
chryselephantine sculpture of that deity, which was evidently a copy of the
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Gr ...
by Phidias. An inscription found at Epidaurus yet proves that the temple and the statue belong to the 4th century BCE.
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4th-century BC Greek sculptors
Ancient Greek sculptors
Ancient Parians
Epidaurus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Asclepius
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