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Kleobis and Biton (identified by inscriptions on the plinth) by Polymides of Argos, dedicated to Delphi by the city of Argos, Delphi Archaeological Museum, ca. 580 BC. Polymedes of Argos was a Greek sculptor of the Archaic Period (6th century BC). His exact dates of birth and death are unknown. His life is little known.
Antiphanes of Argos (Greek: Ἀντιφάνης ὁ Ἀργεῖος) was a sculptor, the disciple of Periclytus, and teacher of Cleon. Since Cleon flourished around 380 BC, Antiphanes may be placed at 400. Pausanias mentions several of his works, which were at Delphi, especially a horse in bronze.
Inscriptions on the base of the statues identify them as ϜΑΝΑΚΩΝ (wanakōn), i.e. the "princes", an attribute usually given to Castor and Pollux in Argos, a fact which supported the identification with the Dioscuri. The inscription also identifies Polymedes of Argos as the sculptor: Something which was very unusual at such an early date ...
Argos Pelasgos or Argeos. Son of Zeus and Niobe, the daughter of Phoroneus. Argos named the kingdom after himself. Criasos or Pirasos or Peranthos. Son of Argos. Phorbas. Son of either Argos or Criasos. Triopas. Son of Phorbas. Jasos. According to different sources, he was son of either Phoroneus, Argos Pelasgos, Argos Panoptes, or Triopas ...
Phradmon [1] (Gr. Φράδμων) was a little-known sculptor from Argos, [2] whom Pliny places as the contemporary of Polykleitos, Myron, Pythagoras, Scopas, and Perelius, at Olympiad 90 in 420 BCE, [3] in giving an anecdotal description of a competition for a Wounded Amazon for the temple of Artemis at Ephesus: in Pliny's anecdote, the fifth place was won by Phradmon, whom Pliny admits was ...
Kresilas (Greek: Κρησίλας Krēsílas; c. 480 – c. 410 BC) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia.He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron.
Sculpture at the Tropical Agronomy Garden - Perseus holding the head of Medusa. In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/jʊəˈrɪdɪsi/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη , Eurydikē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice") was a Spartan princess who later on became the queen of Argos.
Ageladas / ˌ æ dʒ ə ˈ l eɪ d ə s / (Ancient Greek: Ἀγελάδας Agelā́dās) or Hagelaedas / ˌ h æ dʒ ə ˈ l iː d ə s / (Ancient Greek: Ἁγελᾴδας Hagelā́idās) [1] was a celebrated Greek sculptor, who flourished in the latter part of the 6th and the early part of the 5th century BC.