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Alcamenes

500 BC - 400 BC

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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 a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens were conspicuous.Pausanias says that he was the author of one of the pediments of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, but this seems a chronological and stylistic impossibility. Pausanias also refers to a statue of Ares by Alcamenes that was erected on the Athenian agora, which some have related to the Ares Borghese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alcamenes has received more than 47,086 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alcamenes is the 44th most popular sculptor (down from 37th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Greece (down from 221st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Alcamenes is most famous for being the sculptor of the statue of Zeus at Olympia.

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  • 47k

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  • 60.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alcamenes ranks 44 out of 189Before him are Claus Sluter, Gustav Vigeland, Jacopo della Quercia, César Manrique, Leochares, and Eduardo Chillida. After him are François Rude, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Veit Stoss, Andrea della Robbia, Ivan Meštrović, and Vera Mukhina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Alcamenes ranks 27Before him are Mnesikles, Archelaus, Polygnotus, Fan Li, Eubulides, and Parysatis. After him are Perdiccas II of Macedon, Parrhasius, Pleistoanax, Cratinus, Amyntas II of Macedon, and Paeonius. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Alcamenes ranks 10Before him are Zeuxis, Ctesias, Teos of Egypt, Eubulides, Leochares, and Parysatis. After him are Phaedo of Elis, Thaïs, Perictione, Oxyartes, Artakama, and Cebes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alcamenes ranks 251 out of 936Before him are Conon of Samos (-280), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), George Maniakes (998), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), and Hypereides (-390). After him are Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Agis I (-957), Aristides of Athens (150), and Theramenes (-450).

Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Alcamenes ranks 8Before him are Myron (-500), Praxiteles (-395), Polykleitos (-450), Lysippos (-390), Scopas (-395), and Leochares (-400). After him are Paeonius (-500), Ageladas (-600), Chares of Lindos (-400), Antenor (-590), Kresilas (-480), and Agoracritus (-500).