Leochares
Marsyas, 07.04.2007 · CC BY-SA 2.5
- Born
- 400. · Athens.
- Died
- 400.
- Nationality
- Classical Athens.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Languages
- Ancient Greek.
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Leochares is recorded as a sculptor.
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Biography
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. Work by Leochares is recorded in the collections of Acropolis Museum, Vatican Museums and British Museum.
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400
Leochares born at Athens.
400
Leochares died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q323430: Leochares
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- “Leochares”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118779532, Leochares.
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- 1.Heckel, Waldemar. Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. Wiley-Blackwell. 2006. 978-1-4051-1210-9.
- 2.Britannica Editors. "Leochares". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leochares. Accessed 19 March 2026.
- 3.Kiesling, John Brady. “Tatian, Address to the Greeks (Tatian.+Orat.).” Accessed March 19, 2026. https://topostext.org/work/546.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 118779532, Leochares.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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