On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:59:52 +0000 YOJI HORIKOSHI
<yoji@post.officenet.ne.jp> wrote:
> I want to know about Kephisodotos, sculptors in Athens. Ancient writers
> described some Kephisodotos but I have a problem in their
> identification. Plinius mentioned one of 102nd Olympiad in 34-50 and
> another of 121st in 34-51, so these two were different.
>
> He also refered two Kephisodotos in his 34-87 as brothers of same name.
> Was either of them same person as in 34-50 or 34-51?
> It is said that Kephisodoros mentioned in 34-74 was Kephisodotos who
> made a statue of Athena which also refered by Pausanias(1.1.3). Plinius
> also described another in 34-24 as a son of Praxiteles.
>
> Pausanias wrote some works of Kephisodotos. He made statues of Zeus,
> Megalopolis and Artemis with Xenophon(8.30.10), Peace hold
> Pluto(9.16.2) and Muses (9.30.1).
> Could you explain the relationship of these sculptor?
>
> Yoji Horikoshi
> Greek art and archaeology
> http://www.officenet.co.jp/~yoji
>
>
>
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