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Polykleitos

450 BC - 500 BC

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Polykleitos (Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE. Alongside the Athenian sculptors Pheidias, Myron and Praxiteles, he is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. The 4th century BCE catalogue attributed to Xenocrates (the "Xenocratic catalogue"), which was Pliny's guide in matters of art, ranked him between Pheidias and Myron. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polykleitos has received more than 465,789 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Polykleitos is the 6th most popular sculptor (down from 5th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Greece (down from 56th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Polykleitos is most famous for his statue of the "Doryphoros" or "Spear-Bearer."

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Polykleitos ranks 6 out of 258. Before him are Auguste Rodin, Phidias, Myron, Praxiteles, and Benvenuto Cellini. After him are Camille Claudel, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Alberto Giacometti, Lysippos, Antonio Canova, and Bertel Thorvaldsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Polykleitos ranks 2. Before him is Alcibiades. After him are Diotima of Mantinea, Malachi, Amyntas III of Macedon, Cleon, Nectanebo I, Pelopidas, Archidamus II, Amyrtaeus, Theramenes, and Diagoras of Melos. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Polykleitos ranks 5. Before him are Esther, Myron, Ānanda, and Leucippus. After him are Hippasus, Artemisia I of Caria, Diogenes of Apollonia, Rāhula, Obadiah, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polykleitos ranks 60 out of 1,024. Before him are Vangelis (1943), Antisthenes (-445), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Pyrrho (-365), and Xanthippe (-500). After him are Irene of Athens (752), Epaminondas (-418), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), and Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Polykleitos ranks 4. Before him are Phidias (-490), Myron (-500), and Praxiteles (-395). After him are Lysippos (-390), Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), and Paeonius (-500).

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