SCULPTOR

Lysippos

390 BC - 300 BC

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Lysippos (; Ancient Greek: Λύσιππος) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three greatest sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic period. Problems confront the study of Lysippos because of the difficulty in identifying his style in the copies which survive. Not only did he have a large workshop and many disciples in his immediate circle, but there is understood to have been a market for replicas of his work, supplied from outside his circle, both in his lifetime and later in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lysippos has received more than 398,038 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Lysippos is the 10th most popular sculptor (down from 9th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 75th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Lysippos is most famous for his sculpture of the god Zeus.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Lysippos ranks 10 out of 258. Before him are Praxiteles, Benvenuto Cellini, Polykleitos, Camille Claudel, Lorenzo Ghiberti, and Alberto Giacometti. After him are Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Constantin Brâncuși, Giambologna, and Scopas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Lysippos ranks 1. After him are Shang Yang, Vyasa, Lycurgus of Athens, Hypereides, Hakor, Peucestas, Hieronymus of Cardia, Alexander V of Macedon, Tiberius Coruncanius, Manius Curius Dentatus, and Dinostratus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Lysippos ranks 1. After him are Diotima of Mantinea, Wang Jian, Aristoxenus, Berossus, Nearchus, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Eudemus of Rhodes, Menaechmus, Aristo of Chios, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Callippus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lysippos ranks 73 out of 1,024. Before him are Isocrates (-436), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Constantine I of Greece (1868), Peleus (null), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), and Nana Mouskouri (1934). After him are Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Clement of Alexandria (150), George II of Greece (1890), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), and Philip III of Macedon (-359).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Lysippos ranks 5. Before him are Phidias (-490), Myron (-500), Praxiteles (-395), and Polykleitos (-450). After him are Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), and Paeonius (-500).

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