Praxiteles

Praxĭtĕles, is, m., = Πραξιτέλης,

• a celebrated Greek sculptor, Prop. 3, 7, 15 (4, 8, 16); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69; 36, 5, 4, § 21.
• —Hence, Praxĭtĕlīus, a, um, adj., = Πραξιτέλειος, of or belonging to Praxiteles, Praxitelian: capita, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Venus, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 22.

Prāxitelēs, is u. ī, m. (Πραξιτέλης), ein besonders durch seine Bildsäulen der Venus in Knidos und des Kupido in Thespiä berühmter griech. Bildhauer aus Athen, um 400 v. Chr., Plin. 36, 20 sqq.: Genet. Praxiteli, Cic. Verr. 4, 4 u. 12: griech. zsgzg. Genet. Praxitelus, Mart. 4, 39, 3: Akk. Praxitelen, Prop. 3, 9, 16: Vok. Praxitele, Auson. epigr. 57, 2. – Dav. Prāxitelīus, a, um (*Πραξιτέλειος), praxitelisch, brachia, Cornif. rhet. 4, 9 (Friedrich liest Praxitelae): capita, Cic.: Venus, Plin. – ➳ Cic. de div. 1, 79 jetzt Pasiteles, w. s.

Praxĭtĕlēs, (14) is, m. (Πραξιτέλης), Praxitèle [sculpteur célèbre de la Grèce] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 4 || -līus, a, um, de Praxitèle : Cic. Div. 2, 48.

Praxitĕles

(Πραξιτέλης). One of the most famous Greek sculptors, born at Athens about B.C. 390. He and his somewhat older contemporary, Scopas, were at the head of the later Attic school. He chiefly worked in marble, but at the same time occasionally used bronze. His recorded works exhibit every age and sex in the greatest variety of the divine and human form. Still, he paid most attention to youthful figures, which gave him the opportunity of displaying all the charm of sensuous grace in soft and delicate contours.

Among his most celebrated works the naked Aphrodité, of Cnidus, stands first—according to the enthusiastic descriptions of the ancients a masterpiece of the most entrancing beauty (e. g. Pliny H. N. xxxvii. 20, 21; cf. Aphrodite). Not less famous were his representations of Eros, among which the marble statue at Thespiae was esteemed most highly (ib. 22; cf. Eros); his Apollo Sauroctonos (lizard-slayer) in bronze (ib. xxxiv. 70); and a youthful Satyr in Athens (Pausan. i. 20. 1). As to the group of Niobé's children, preserved at Rome in Pliny 's time, it was disputed even among the ancients whether it was the work of Praxiteles or, as is more probable, of Scopas (Pliny H. N. xxxvi. 28). Of all these only later copies have been preserved. An important original work by him (mentioned by Pausan. v. 17. 3) was unearthed in 1877 by the German excavators at Olympia. It represents Hermes with the child Dionysus in his arms, and was set up in the cella of the temple of Heré. The arms and legs are partially mutilated, but otherwise it is in an excellent state of preservation. His sons, Cephisodotus the younger and Timarchides, were masters of some importance. See statuaria ars.

Praxiteles Praxiteles, sculptor

• worked two generations after Alcamenes: Paus. 8.9.1
• lover of Phryne: Paus. 1.20.1, Paus. 10.15.1
• beguiled by Phryne: Paus. 1.20.1ff., Paus. 9.27.3
• sons of Praxiteles, sculptors: Paus. 1.8.4, Paus. 9.12.4
• Works-image of Aphrodite at Thespiae: Paus. 9.27.5
• image of Artemis at Anticyra: Paus. 10.37.1
• image of Brauronian Artemis at Athens: Paus. 1.23.7
• images of Cronus, Rhea, and Hera at Plataea: Paus. 9.2.7
• images of Demeter, Proserpine, and Iacchus at Athens: Paus. 1.2.4
• image of Dionysus at Elis: Paus. 6.26.1
• images of Hera, Athena, and Hebe: Paus. 8.9.3
• sculptures in gables of temple of Herakles at Thebes representing labours of Herakles: Paus. 9.11.6
• image of Hermes bearing babe Dionysus at Olympia: Paus. 5.17.3
• image of Latona at Argos: Paus. 2.21.8
• images of Latona and her children at Megara and Mantinea: Paus. 1.44.2, Paus. 8.9.1
• image of Love at Thespiae: Paus. 1.20.2, Paus. 9.27.3
• images of Persuasion, Comforter, and Fortune: Paus. 1.43.6
• statues of Phryne at Thespiae and Delphi: Paus. 9.27.5, Paus. 10.15.1
• images of Satyrs at Athens and Megara: Paus. 1.20.1, Paus. 1.43.5
• image of Trophonius at Lebadea: Paus. 9.39.4
• images of Twelve Gods at Megara: Paus. 1.40.3
• statue of warrior and horse at Athens: Paus. 1.2.3