Agoracritus
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Agoracritus ( Agorákritos; ; fl. late 5th century BC) was a famous sculptor in ancient Greece.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Paros
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Phidias
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
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- Description of Greece
- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- date of death
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- name in native language
- Ἀγοράκρειτος
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Agoracritus ( Agorákritos; ; fl. late 5th century BC) was a famous sculptor in ancient Greece.
==Life== Agoracritus was born on the island of Paros, and was active from about Olympiad 85 to 88, that is, from about 436 to 424 BC. He was a pupil of the sculptor Phidias.
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