Polycletus
Family: Greek · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 17
In Book 2, Polycletus was credited with works of Hera, Zeus, Hecate, Apollo, Leto, and Artemis, and with designing the theatre and round building at Epidaurus. In Book 5 he was identified as the teacher of Periclytus’s teacher.
In Book 6, his works included statues of Antipater, Cyniscus, Agenor, Pythocles, and Xenocles. He was described as a pupil of Naucydes and as the teacher of Canachus. In Book 8, he made a statue of Dionysus as Friendly Zeus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Polycletus designed the theatre and the round building.(Book 2 · Chapter 27 · 📍 Epidaurus)
- “And Polycletus it was that designed this theatre and round building.”
- Polycletus made a statue of Dionysus as Friendly Zeus.(Book 8 · Chapter 31)
- With: Dionysus
- “the statue is like Dionysus and is by the Argive Polycletus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 17
- with Hera (Polycletus designed the statue of Hera.) “the design of Polycletus”
Book 2 · Chapter 20
- with Zeus (Polycletus made the statue of Zeus.) “you come to the statue of Milichian Zeus seated, the work of Polycletus in white stone.”
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- with Hecate (interaction) “two brazen statues of Hecate, one by Polycletus”
Book 2 · Chapter 24
- with Apollo (Polycletus was said to have made the statue of Apollo.) “there are statues of Apollo and Leto and Artemis in white stone; said to be by Polycletus.”
- with Leto (Polycletus was said to have made the statue of Leto.) “there are statues of Apollo and Leto and Artemis in white stone; said to be by Polycletus.”
- with Artemis (Polycletus was said to have made the statue of Artemis.) “there are statues of Apollo and Leto and Artemis in white stone; said to be by Polycletus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 27
- with Pausias (This is a distinct person-to-person edge only insofar as the text identifies Polycletus as the designer of the building painted by Pausias earlier; no direct relationship is stated.) “And Polycletus it was that designed this theatre and round building.”
Book 5 · Chapter 17
- pupil: Periclytus “of the school of Periclytus the pupil of the Argive Polycletus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 2
- with Antipater (Milesian athlete, son of Clinopater) (Polycletus made Antipater's effigy.) “It was by Polycletus, and Timosthenes’ was by Eutychides of Sicyon, a pupil of Lysippus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 4
- with Cyniscus (Polycletus made Cyniscus's effigy.) “And the effigy of Cyniscus, the boy boxer from Mantinea, was by Polycletus”
Book 6 · Chapter 6
- mentor: Naucydes “And Polycletus the Argive, a pupil of Naucydes”
- with Agenor (son of Theopompus) (interaction) “has made the statue of a boy-wrestler, the Theban Agenor”
Book 6 · Chapter 7
- with Pythocles (Polycletus made the statue of Pythocles.) “His statue is by Pythagoras, and the next to it is that of Pythocles of Elis, who won in the pentathlum, by Polycletus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 9
- with Xenocles (Polycletus sculpted Xenocles's statue.) “Xenocles’ by Polycletus”
Book 6 · Chapter 13
- pupil: Canachus (Polycletus was Canachus's teacher.) “the Sicyonian Canachus, who was a pupil of the Argive Polycletus”
Book 8 · Chapter 31
- with Zeus (Polycletus made the statue of Friendly Zeus.) “the statue is like Dionysus and is by the Argive Polycletus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.