About Polycles
Polycles was a Greek sculptor.
Polycles, mentioned in Pliny's Natural History (XXXV.8.19), was an ancient Greek sculptor who flourished during the 102nd Olympiad (370 BCE). He was a contemporary of Cephisodotus the Elder and Leochares. Among the statues of Olympian winners, Pausanias (Description of Greece (vi.4.3) noted the statue of a winner in the pankration by the Athenian Polycles, probably this one.
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Who was Polycles?
4th c. BCE Athenian sculptor
What was Polycles's occupation?
Polycles was a sculptor.
What nationality was Polycles?
Polycles was Greek.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Polycles (370 BCE)
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