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	Alcamenes - LoveToKnow 1911
		ALCAMENES, a Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens.
		He was a younger contemporary of Pheidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite "of the Gardens" were conspicuous.
		It is safer to judge him by the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, in which he must almost certainly have taken a share under the direction of Pheidias.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alcamenes (164 words)

	Classical Period - Culture
		It is to Callimachus that the invention of the Corinthian capital and a number of scenes with female dancers are attributed.
		To Alcamenes from Athens, the pupil of Phidias, are attributed statues of 'Aphrodite in the Gardens', 'Threefold Hecate', 'Procne and Itys', and (for the Hephaesteum in the Agora) 'Hephaestus and Athena'.
		A type of Herm that Alcamenes had made for the Propylaea also became particularly fashionable.
	www2.fhw.gr /chronos/05/en/culture/1223sculp_rich.html (309 words)

	alcamenes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Alcamenes was a Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens.
		He was a younger contemporary of Pheidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite "of the Gardens" were conspicuous.
		It is safer to judge him by the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, in which he must almost certainly have taken a share under the direction of Pheidias.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /alcamenes.html (216 words)

	Alcamenes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Alcamenes was a Greek (An artist who creates sculptures) sculptor of (A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties) Lemnos and (The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)) Athens.
		At (An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here) Pergamum there was discovered in 1903 a copy of the head of the Hermes "Propylaeus" of Alcamenes (Athenische Mittheilungen, 1904, p.
		It is safer to judge him by the sculptural decoration of the (The main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture) Parthenon, in which he must almost certainly have taken a share under the direction of Pheidias.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alcamenes.htm (232 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 97 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		and accordingly that Alcamenes ~vvas born in the district called the Afyo/ca, which is in some degree confirmed by his having made a statue of Dionysus in gold and ivory to adorn a temple of that god in the Lenaeum, a part of the Limnae.
		There is no direct evidence of this, and it is scarcely consistent with what Pliny says, that Alcamenes owed his success more to the favouritism of his fellow-citizens than to the excellence of his statue.
		If this contains the name of the artist, he would seem to have been a descendant of an Alcamenes, who had been the slave and afterwards the freed-man of one of the Lollian family, and to have at-
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0106.html (982 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
		While both parties were thus engaged, and were as intent upon preparing for the war as they had been at the outset, the Euboeans first of all sent envoys during this winter to Agis to treat of their revolting from Athens.
		Agis accepted their proposals, and sent for Alcamenes, son of Sthenelaidas, and Melanthus from Lacedaemon, to take the command in Euboea.
		About this time the sixteen Peloponnesian ships from Sicily, which had served through the war with Gylippus, were caught on their return off Leucadia and roughly handled by the twenty-seven Athenian vessels under Hippocles, son of Menippus, on the lookout for the ships from Sicily.
	classics.mit.edu /Thucydides/pelopwar.8.eighth.html (6921 words)

	ALCAMENES - Online Information article about ALCAMENES
		Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat.
		Hermes " Propylaeus " of Alcamenes (Athenische Mittheilungen, 1904, p.
		style of Alcamenes, who was almost certainly a progressive and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /AJA_ALL/ALCAMENES.html (254 words)

	Greek Mythology and Ancient Greece - Chapter 24 - 19th & 20th Year of the War - Revolt of Ionia - Persian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the meantime the Isthmian games took place, and the Athenians, who had been also invited, went to attend them, and now seeing more clearly into the designs of the Chians, as soon as they returned to Athens took measures to prevent the fleet putting out from Cenchreae without their knowledge.
		These saw the difficulty of keeping guard in a desert place, and in their perplexity at first thought of burning the ships, but finally resolved to haul them up on shore and sit down and guard them with their land forces until a convenient opportunity for escaping should present itself.
		The Lacedaemonians first received the news of the fleet having put out from the Isthmus, Alcamenes having been ordered by the ephors to send off a horseman when this took place, and immediately resolved to dispatch their own five vessels under Chalcideus, and Alcibiades with him.
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	The Temple Of Zeus At Olympia As It Was - Greece Travel
		The carvings on the gables in front are by Paeonius of Mende in Thracia; those behind by Alcamenes, a contemporary of Phidias and second only to him as statuary.
		Pirithous is in the center, and on one side of him is Eurytion trying to carry off Pirithous's wife, and Caeneus coming to the rescue, and on the other side Theseus laying about among the Centaurs with his battle-ax; and one Centaur is carrying off a maiden, another a blooming boy.
		Alcamenes has engraved this story, I imagine, because he learned from the lines of Homer that Pirithous was the son of Zeus, and knew that Theseus was fourth in descent from Pelops.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-265.shtml (1548 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology
		After the death of Pheidias his methods were carried on in a way by the sculptors who had worked under him and become subject to his influence; but as years went on, with less and less to remind us of the supreme perfection of the master.
		The Victory erected to the Olympian Zeus shows a tall goddess, strongly yet gracefully carved, posed forward with her drapery flattened closely against her body in front as if by the wind, and streaming freely behind.
		They are, however, so thoroughly archaic in style that it seems impossible to reconcile them with what we know of the work of the men to whom they are attributed.
	manybooks.net /pages/bulfinchetext02bmaof10/402.html (349 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alcamenes (European Art To 1599, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Alcamenes (European Art To 1599, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		B.C., Athenian sculptor, said to have been a pupil and rival of Phidias.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Alcamene.html (195 words)

	The Peloponnesian War -- Chapter 24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Agis accepted their proposals, and sent for Alcamenes, son of Sthenelaidas, and Melanthus from Lacedæmon, to take the command in Euboea.
		In the meantime the Isthmian games took place, and the Athenians, who had been also invited, went to attend them, and now seeing more clearly into the designs of the Chians, as soon as they returned to Athens took measures to prevent the fleet putting out from Cenchreæ without their knowledge.
		The Lacedæmonians first received the news of the fleet having put out from the Isthmus, Alcamenes having been ordered by the ephors to send off a horseman when this took place, and immediately resolved to dispatch their own five vessels under Chalcideus, and Alcibiades with him.
	www.litrix.com /pelop/pelop024.htm (4672 words)

	Greek sculptors and painters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Not even good copies exist, although the Zeus probably is depicted on certain coins, and the Varvakeion Statuette may remotely resemble the Athena.
		The head of the Athena Lemnia (Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna) is a Roman copy of a work by Phidias, and, together with the work of his pupils Alcamenes and Agoracritos, it conveys some idea of his art.
		Alcamenes was best known for the chryselephantine (gold and ivory) cult statues of Dionysus, Ares, and Hephaestus that he created for their Athenian shrines.
	www.geocities.com /greek_artists (6583 words)

	Classical Period - Culture
		It is to Callimachus that the invention of the Corinthian capital and a number of scenes with female dancers are attributed.
		To Alcamenes from Athens, the pupil of Phidias, are attributed statues of 'Aphrodite in the Gardens', 'Threefold Hecate', 'Procne and Itys', and (for the Hephaesteum in the Agora) 'Hephaestus and Athena'.
		A type of Herm that Alcamenes had made for the Propylaea also became particularly fashionable.
	www.fhw.gr /chronos/05/en/culture/1223sculp_rich.html (309 words)

	Der Zeus-Tempel zu Olympia
		The name of the charioteer of Pelops is, according to the account of the Troezenians, Sphaerus, but the guide at Olympia called him Cillas.
		[10.8] The sculptures in the front pediment are by Paeonius, who came from Mende in Thrace; those in the back pediment are by Alcamenes, a contemporary of Pheidias, ranking next after him for skill as a sculptor.
		What he carved on the pediment is the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the marriage of Peirithous.
	homepage.univie.ac.at /elisabeth.trinkl/forum/forum1196/01olymp.htm (2503 words)

	Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars (Hobbes trans.) vol. 2: The Online Library of Liberty
		Accepting the motion, he sent for Alcamenes the son of Sthenelaidas and for Melanthus from Lacedæmon, to go commanders into Eubœa.
		And after the holidays were over, the Corinthians put to sea for Chios3 under the conduct of Alcamenes.
		The fight being ended, they assigned a sufficient number of galleys to lie opposite to those of the enemy, and the rest to lie under a2 little island not far off: in which also they encamped, and sent to Athens for a supply.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Hobbes0123/Works/HTMLs/Vol09/0051_09_Pt04_Book8.html (11237 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		manifest as a patchwork of canonical sculptures (the head of Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the cheeks and forehead from Alcamenes' Athenian Aphrodite in the Gardens, the nose from Phidias's Lemnian Athena, and so forth).
		NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]): In brief, we must consider that the writer of history should be like Phidias or Praxiteles or Alcamenes or one of the other sculptors...
		The task of the historian is similar: to give a fine arrangement to events and illuminate...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Alcamenes&refid=ency_botnm (175 words)

	Appendix 2
		The Athenians intending to consecrate an excellent image of Minerva upon a high pillar, set Phidias and Alcamenes to work, meaning to chuse the better of the two.
		Aclamenes being nothing at all skilled in Geometry and in the Optickes made the goddesse wonderfull faire to the eye of them that saw her hard by.
		For Alcamenes his sweet and diligent strokes beeing drowned, and phidias his disfigured and distorted hardnesse being vanished by the height of the place, made Alcamenes to be laughed at, and Phidias to be much more esteemed.
	www.sumscorp.com /perspective/Vol3/ap2.htm (546 words)

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