Agorakritos

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Agorakritos was a 5th-century BCE Greek sculptor from Paros and a prominent pupil of Phidias, known for his refined classical style and major cult statues in Athens.

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instanceOf ancient Greek sculptor
classical-period artist
person
activeIn 5th century BCE
approximateFloruit c. 440–420 BCE
artForm sculpture
artisticStyle refined classical style
associatedWith Athenian cult of Aphrodite
Athenian cult of Nemesis
Phidias
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Classical Greek
dateOfBirth 5th century BCE
ethnicGroup Greek
gender male
genre cult statues
religious sculpture
historicalPeriod High Classical period of Greek art
influencedBy High Classical Greek sculpture
Phidias
knownFor association with the workshop of Phidias
large-scale chryselephantine and marble sculpture (attributed)
major cult statues in Attica
materialUsed chryselephantine (gold and ivory) (attributed)
marble
movement Ancient Greek sculpture
surface form: Classical Greek art
notableWork cult statue of Aphrodite in the Gardens (Aphrodite en Kepois)
cult statue of Nemesis at Rhamnous
statue of Athena Itonia in Boeotia (attributed)
statue of Zeus at Thebes (attributed)
notedIn Pausanias’ Description of Greece
Pliny the Elder’s Natural History
occupation sculptor
placeOfBirth Paros
regionOfActivity Attica
Boeotia
studentOf Phidias
subjectOf scholarly debates on attribution of classical sculptures
workLocation Athens
Attica
Rhamnous

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the Temple of Athena Nike hasDecorativeSculptorAttributed Agorakritos
subject surface form: Temple of Athena Nike