Athenodoros of Cleitor
Athenodoros (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηνόδωρος) of Cleitor in Arcadia was an artist of ancient Greece who worked in the medium of sculpture and made statues. He lived around the 5th century BCE.
Athenodoros executed statues of the Greek mythological gods Zeus and Apollo, which were dedicated by the Spartans at Delphi after the Battle of Aegospotami. He was also famed for his statues of distinguished women. He was a pupil of the renowned sculptor Polykleitos.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.9.8
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 34.19, init., and § 26
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mason, Charles Peter (1870). "Athenodorus (1)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 404.