Thrasymedes

This article is about the sculptor. For the mythological Greek captain of the Trojan Wars, see Thrasymedes (son of Nestor). For the insect, see Thrasymedes (treehopper).

Thrasymedes /ˌθræsɪˈmiːdiz/ of Paros (Greek: Θρασυμήδης ο Παριανός) was an ancient Greek sculptor. Formerly, he was regarded as a pupil of Phidias because he set up in the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus a seated chryselephantine sculpture of that deity, which was evidently a copy of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Phidias. An inscription found at Epidaurus yet proves that the temple and the statue belong to the 4th century BCE.

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• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Thrasymedes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.