SCULPTOR

Alcamenes

500 BC - 400 BC

Alcamenes

Alcamenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαμένης) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens were conspicuous. Pausanias says that he was the author of one of the pediments of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, but this seems a chronological and stylistic impossibility. Pausanias also refers to a statue of Ares by Alcamenes that was erected on the Athenian agora, which some have related to the Ares Borghese. However, the temple of Ares to which he refers had only been moved from Acharnes and re-sited in the Agora in Augustus's time, and statues known to derive from Alcamenes' statue show the god in a breastplate, so the identification of Alcamenes' Ares with the Ares Borghese is not secure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alcamenes is the 51st most popular sculptor (down from 43rd in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Greece (down from 259th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Sculptor.

Alcamenes is most famous for being the sculptor of the statue of Zeus at Olympia.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alcamenes ranks 51 out of 258. Before him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ivan Meštrović, Vera Mukhina, Paeonius, Tilman Riemenschneider, and Andrea della Robbia. After him are Chares of Lindos, Naum Gabo, François Rude, Ageladas, Andreas Schlüter, and Bonanno Pisano.

Most Popular Sculptors in Wikipedia

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Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 45
Ivan Meštrović
1883 - 1962
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 46
Vera Mukhina
1889 - 1953
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 47
Paeonius
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 48
Tilman Riemenschneider
1460 - 1531
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 49
Andrea della Robbia
1435 - 1525
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 50
Alcamenes
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 51
Chares of Lindos
400 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 52
Naum Gabo
1890 - 1977
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 53
François Rude
1784 - 1855
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 54
Ageladas
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 55
Andreas Schlüter
1660 - 1714
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 56
Bonanno Pisano
1150 - 1150
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 57

Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Alcamenes ranks 29. Before him are Pharnabazus II, Polygnotus, Alcetas II of Macedon, Fan Li, Eubulides, and Paeonius. After him are Parrhasius, Parysatis, Perdiccas II of Macedon, Cleombrotus I, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, and Cratinus. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Alcamenes ranks 10. Before him are Ctesias, Thaïs, Leochares, Teos of Egypt, Phaedo of Elis, and Eubulides. After him are Parysatis, Oxyartes, Crateuas of Macedon, Perictione, Gan De, and Cebes.

Others Born in 500 BC

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Pharnabazus II
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 23
Polygnotus
PAINTER
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 24
Alcetas II of Macedon
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 448 BC
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 25
Fan Li
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 448 BC
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 26
Eubulides
PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 27
Paeonius
SCULPTOR
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 28
Alcamenes
SCULPTOR
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 29
Parrhasius
PAINTER
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 30
Parysatis
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 31
Perdiccas II of Macedon
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 32
Cleombrotus I
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 371 BC
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 33
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 384 BC
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 34
Cratinus
WRITER
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 35