Leochares () was an ancient Greek sculptor from

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, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Works

Leochares worked at the

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of the Mausoleum of Mausolos at Halicarnassus, one of the "

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". The ''

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'' is a Roman copy of his original (). He is also thought to be the creator of the celebrated ''

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'', of which a Roman copy is currently housed in

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. Of his portrait-statues, the most celebrated were those of

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, Amyntas III,

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, and Eurydice I, which were made of ivory and gold, and were placed in the Philippeion, a circular building in the Altis at Olympia, erected by Philip II of Macedon in celebration of his victory at Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).

References

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