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Cephisodotus the Elder

500 BC - 400 BC

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Cephisodotus or Kephisodotos (Greek: Κηφισόδοτος, flourished c. 400 – c. 360 BC) was a Greek sculptor, perhaps the father or an uncle of Praxiteles, one of whose sculptor sons was Cephisodotus the Younger. The one noted work of his was Eirene (Peace) bearing the infant Ploutos (Wealth), ca 380–370 BC, of which a Roman point copy exists at the Glyptothek, Munich, and fragments in various collections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cephisodotus the Elder is the 91st most popular sculptor (down from 72nd in 2019). (down from 1,072nd in 2019)

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Among sculptors, Cephisodotus the Elder ranks 91 out of 258. Before him are Jean de Chelles, Calamis, Nanni di Banco, Yaacov Agam, Stefano Maderno, and Thutmose. After him are Agostino di Duccio, Antoine Pevsner, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Mino da Fiesole, Desiderio da Settignano, and Lorenzo Bartolini.

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Among people born in 500 BC, Cephisodotus the Elder ranks 46. Before him are Pleistoanax, Inaros II, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, and Diagoras of Rhodes. After him are Callimachus, Hermocrates, Antalcidas, Telesilla, Agoracritus, and Corax of Syracuse. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Cephisodotus the Elder ranks 19. Before him are Crateuas of Macedon, Perictione, Gan De, Cebes, Artakama, and Erinna. After him are Philip of Opus, Antalcidas, Pythias, Axiothea of Phlius, Li Kui, and Lastheneia of Mantinea.

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