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Headword:
*pracite/lhs
Adler number: pi,2218
Translated headword: Praxiteles
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Genitive] Praxitelous; a proper name.
Greek Original:*pracite/lhs, *pracite/lous: o)/noma ku/rion.
Note:
A common Greek name: LGPN ii lists 57 in
Athens alone, including the eponymous archon of 444/3. Nevertheless, there can be little doubt that the Praxiteles who has generated this entry is the Athenian sculptor (from the tiny Erechtheid deme Subridai), the most celebrated exponent of his craft in C4-BCE
Athens (c.400-c.340). See generally OCD4 s.v.
Reference:
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Ancient Greece: sources and documents (Cambridge 1990) 84-89 and index s.v.
Keywords: art history; biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 June 2001@08:48:57.
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