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Lysippos was born at Sikyon around
390 BC. A worker in bronze in his youth, he taught himself the art of
sculpture, becoming later head of the school of Argos and Sikyon. |
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Apoxyomenos A young athlete scraping the oil from his body with a strigil. Roman marble copy of Greek bronze by Lysippos, 330 BC; in the Vatican Museum. |
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Heracles Roman marble copy of Greek bronze by Lysippos, 320 BC. The original stood at the agora of Sikyon. |
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The Boxer
of Terme Bronze statue about 350? BC. For some it is a genuine work of Lysippos. Museum Nationale Romano in Rome. |
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Bust of
Alexander the Great, the so-called "Azara herm". A Roman copy by Lysippos around 330-320 BC. |
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Alexander
the Great Bronze copy by Lysippos. |
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Alexander
the Great Marble copy of portrait at Pella. |
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Alexander
the Great Marble copy of portrait at Pergamon. |
| Socrates Kairos (Opportunity) Praxilla Four Horses, Great Alexander Heracles (Twelve labors) Eros, Poseidon |
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