Arcesilaus
Arcesilaus was a sculptor in the first century B.C, who, according to Pliny, was held in high esteem at Rome, was especially celebrated by Marcus Terentius Varro, and was intimate with Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus. Among his works were a statue of Venus Genetrix in the forum of Caesar, and a marble lioness surrounded by winged Cupids, who were sporting with her. 7.61, and the Mus.
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Arcesilaus
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- sculptor
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- Hellenistic art
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Arcesilaus was a sculptor in the first century B.C, who, according to Pliny, was held in high esteem at Rome, was especially celebrated by Marcus Terentius Varro, and was intimate with Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus. Among his works were a statue of Venus Genetrix in the forum of Caesar, and a marble lioness surrounded by winged Cupids, who were sporting with her. 7.61, and the Mus.
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4.19, are supposed to be copies. Arcesilaus received a talent from Octavius, a Roman knight, for the model of a bowl (crater), and was engaged by Lucullus to make a statue of Felicitas for 60 sestertii; but the deaths both of the artist and of his patron prevented the completion of the work.
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek.
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- 1.Arcesilaus. 259. 260.
- 2.The Venus Genetrix of Arcesilaus. 42. 10.2307/499346.
- 3.Plinio el Viejo, Historia Natural 35.45, 36.4. §§ 10, 13: ya que aunque aparece como 'Archesitae', en § 10, debería ser, casi indudablemente, Arcesilae o Arcesilai.
- 4.Simon Homblower y Anthony Spawforth. The Oxford classical dictionary. 0-19-866172-X.
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