Alcamenes
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thumb|Herm of Hermes, Roman copy of a late 5th century BC original, the forefront inscription states the herm was made by Alcamenes and dedicated by Pergamios, Istanbul Museums.
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It sits within the topics 5th-century BC Greek sculptors, Ancient Athenian sculptors and Ancient Lemnos.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Lemnos
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Herma IstArchMu747.jpg
- Work location
- Athens
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- date of death
- 0400-00-00
- Commons category
- Alcamenes
- Commons Creator page
- Alcamenes
- date of birth
- 0500-00-00
- influenced by
- Phidias
- time period
- classical antiquity
- Commons gallery
- Alcamenes
- has works in the collection
- Acropolis Museum
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Alcamenes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Herm of Hermes, Roman copy of a late 5th century BC original, the forefront inscription states the herm was made by Alcamenes and dedicated by Pergamios, Istanbul Museums.
Alcamenes () was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens were conspicuous.
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