SCULPTOR

Praxiteles

395 BC - 330 BC

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Praxiteles (; Greek: Πραξιτέλης) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attica sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Praxiteles has received more than 519,633 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Praxiteles is the 4th most popular sculptor, the 47th most popular biography from Greece (up from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Sculptor.

Praxiteles is most famous for his statues of Hermes and Aphrodite.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Praxiteles by language

Over the past year Praxiteles has had the most page views in the with 51,266 views, followed by Spanish (30,570), and Russian (21,199). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sicilian (58.38%), Korean (54.02%), and Afrikaans (52.83%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Praxiteles ranks 4 out of 258. Before him are Auguste Rodin, Phidias, and Myron. After him are Benvenuto Cellini, Polykleitos, Camille Claudel, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Alberto Giacometti, Lysippos, Antonio Canova, and Bertel Thorvaldsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 395 BC, Praxiteles ranks 1. After him is Scopas. Among people deceased in 330 BC, Praxiteles ranks 2. Before him is Darius III. After him are Philotas, Ephorus, Peucestas, Archestratus, Alexander of Lyncestis, Ariobarzanes of Persis, Kidinnu, and Nicanor.

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    Praxiteles

    SCULPTOR

    395 BC - 330 BC

    HPI: 74.16

    Rank: 1

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    Scopas

    SCULPTOR

    395 BC - 350 BC

    HPI: 68.04

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Praxiteles ranks 47 out of 1,024. Before him are Alcibiades (-450), Draco (-650), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Polybius (-208), Theophrastus (-371), and Aristarchus of Samos (-311). After him are Constantine II of Greece (1940), Peisistratos (-600), Menander (-342), Pope Sixtus II (215), Pindar (-517), and Queen Sofía of Spain (1938).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Praxiteles ranks 3. Before him are Phidias (-490), and Myron (-500). After him are Polykleitos (-450), Lysippos (-390), Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), and Paeonius (-500).

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