SCULPTOR

Kresilas

480 BC - 410 BC

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Kresilas (Greek: Κρησίλας Krēsílas; c. 480 – c. 410 BC) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kresilas has received more than 58,398 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Kresilas is the 95th most popular sculptor (down from 87th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from Greece (down from 400th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Greek Sculptor.

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  • 55.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Kresilas ranks 95 out of 258. Before him are Igor Mitoraj, Properzia de' Rossi, Stefano Maderno, Nikolaus Gerhaert, Jean de Chelles, and Leone Leoni. After him are Thutmose, Aleijadinho, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Calamis, Antonio Rossellino, and Agostino di Duccio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 480 BC, Kresilas ranks 3. Before him are Euripides, and Antiphon.  Among people deceased in 410 BC, Kresilas ranks 2. Before him is Hippocrates of Chios. After him are Seuthes I, and Mindarus.

Others Born in 480 BC

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  • Photo of Euripides

    Euripides

    WRITER

    480 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 80.63

    Rank: 1

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    Antiphon

    POLITICIAN

    480 BC - 411 BC

    HPI: 62.38

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Kresilas

    Kresilas

    SCULPTOR

    480 BC - 410 BC

    HPI: 55.93

    Rank: 3

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kresilas ranks 418 out of 1,024. Before him are Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), Antalcidas (-500), Asclepigenia (400), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), and Battus I of Cyrene (-580). After him are Aristomenes (-700), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Dexippus (210), Manolis Glezos (1922), and Antonis Samaras (1951).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Kresilas ranks 15. Before him are Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), Paeonius (-500), Silanion (-400), and Polykleitos the Younger (-400). After him are Agoracritus (-500), Cephisodotus the Younger (-400), and Damophon (null).

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