Boethus

Roman copy of Boethus' sculpture of a boy playing with a goose.

Boëthus was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age. His life dates cannot be accurately fixed, but he probably flourished in the 2nd century BCE. One source gives his birthplace as Chalcedon. Other works represent a girl playing with dice, and a boy extracting a thorn. According to Pliny, Because Boethus was a common name in ancient Greece, specific details of his life are difficult to ascertain.