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Leochares

4th-century BC Greek sculptor

4th-century BC Greek sculptor

Leochares () was an ancient Greek sculptor from Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Works

Leochares worked at the construction of the Mausoleum of Mausolos at Halicarnassus, one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". The Diana of Versailles is a Roman copy of his original (). He is also thought to be the creator of the celebrated Apollo Belvedere, of which a Roman copy is currently housed in Vatican City.

Of his portrait-statues, the most celebrated were those of Philip, Alexander, Amyntas III, Olympias, and Eurydice I, which were made of ivory and gold, and were placed in the Philippeion, a circular building in the Altis at Olympia, erected by Philip II of Macedon in celebration of his victory at Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).

References

References

  1. Heckel, Waldemar. (2006). "Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire". Wiley-Blackwell.
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