Cephisodotus

Family: Athenians · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 30

At Megalopolis, Cephisodotus and Xenophon carved statues of Zeus, Megalopolis, and Artemis in Pentelican marble. Later, he made for the Athenians a statue of Peace holding Wealth.

In Book 10, Cephisodotus is named among the Bœotarchs with Thearidas, Diogenes, and Lysander, as Greek contingents joined at Thermopylae against the Galati. At Sperchius, the Greeks destroyed the bridges and camped beside the river; after Galati crossed it during the night, the Greek detachment returned to the main army.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cephisodotus and Xenophon carved the statues of Zeus, Megalopolis, and Artemis.(Book 8 · Chapter 30 · 📍 Megalopolis)
  • With: Zeus Artemis Xenophon
  • “All these are in Pentelican marble, and were carved by the Athenians Cephisodotus and Xenophon.”
• Cephisodotus made a statue of Peace holding Wealth for the Athenians.(Book 9 · Chapter 16)
  • With: Peace Wealth
  • “the idea of Cephisodotus who made for the Athenians a statue of Peace holding Wealth”
• Greek contingents banded together at Thermopylæ against the Galati.(Book 10 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Thermopylæ)
  • With: Thearidas Diogenes Lysander Critobulus Antiochus (Phocian commander) Polyarchus Polyphron Lacrates Callippus Aristodemus (the Macedonian) Telesarchus
  • “And now against these barbarians who had crossed the ocean the following Greeks banded themselves at Thermopylæ:”
• The Greeks sent troops to Sperchius, destroyed its bridges, and encamped beside the river.(Book 10 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Sperchius)
  • With: Thearidas Diogenes Lysander
  • “And they went and destroyed the bridges, and encamped by the river.”
• Galati troops crossed the Sperchius by swimming, fording, and using shields as rafts.(Book 10 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Sperchius)
  • With: Thearidas Diogenes Lysander
  • “They crossed over accordingly, swimming over the marshy part of the river, and using the shields of their country as a sort of raft, while the tallest of them could ford the river.”
• The Greek detachment returned to the main army after noticing the Galati crossing.(Book 10 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Sperchius)
  • With: Thearidas Diogenes Lysander
  • “When the Greeks at the Sperchius noticed that part of the barbarians had crossed over, they returned at once to the main army.”

Book 8 · Chapter 30

• with Xenophon (They jointly carved the statues.) “All these are in Pentelican marble, and were carved by the Athenians Cephisodotus and Xenophon.”
• with Zeus (Cephisodotus carved the statue of Zeus.) “All these are in Pentelican marble, and were carved by the Athenians Cephisodotus and Xenophon.”
• with Artemis (Cephisodotus carved the statue of Artemis.) “All these are in Pentelican marble, and were carved by the Athenians Cephisodotus and Xenophon.”

Book 9 · Chapter 16

• with Peace (Cephisodotus made a statue of Peace.) “as is also the idea of Cephisodotus who made for the Athenians a statue of Peace holding Wealth”

Book 10 · Chapter 20

• with Thearidas (co-commanders) “10,000 heavy armed infantry and 500 horse from Bœotia, under the Bœotarchs Cephisodotus and Thearidas and Diogenes and Lysander”
• with Diogenes (co-commanders) “10,000 heavy armed infantry and 500 horse from Bœotia, under the Bœotarchs Cephisodotus and Thearidas and Diogenes and Lysander”
• with Lysander (co-commanders) “10,000 heavy armed infantry and 500 horse from Bœotia, under the Bœotarchs Cephisodotus and Thearidas and Diogenes and Lysander”

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