SCULPTOR

Chares of Lindos

400 BC - 280 BC

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Chares of Lindos (; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Χάρης ὁ Λίνδιος, gen.: Χάρητος; before 305 BC – c.280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. He was a pupil of Lysippos. Chares constructed the Colossus of Rhodes in 282 BC, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and the patron god of Rhodes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chares of Lindos has received more than 138,900 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chares of Lindos is the 49th most popular sculptor (up from 56th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Greece (up from 329th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Chares of Lindos is most famous for the ancient city of Lindos.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Chares of Lindos ranks 49 out of 258. Before him are Alcamenes, Veit Stoss, Claes Oldenburg, Naum Gabo, Tilman Riemenschneider, and François Rude. After him are Eduardo Chillida, Vera Mukhina, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Andreas Schlüter, and Adriaen de Vries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Chares of Lindos ranks 22. Before him are Mithridates I of Pontus, Stateira I, Agnodice, Harpalus, Lais of Corinth, and Arete of Cyrene. After him are Hegesias of Cyrene, Dinocrates, Attalus, Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, Polemon, and Nepherites II. Among people deceased in 280 BC, Chares of Lindos ranks 3. Before him are Herophilos, and Lycophron. After him is Ariarathes II of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Chares of Lindos ranks 291 out of 1,024. Before him are Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Lais of Corinth (-400), Julia Livilla (18), Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Georgios Papandreou (1888), and Leonnatus (-356). After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Ange Postecoglou (1965), Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701), and Cratinus (-500).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Chares of Lindos ranks 9. Before him are Praxiteles (-395), Polykleitos (-450), Lysippos (-390), Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), and Alcamenes (-500). After him are Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), Paeonius (-500), Silanion (-400), Polykleitos the Younger (-400), and Kresilas (-480).

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