Sosicles (

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: Σωσικλῆς) was a

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

in the mid 2nd century AD. He worked as

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masterpieces. He is known from his

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shown on a marble

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from

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and the

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of a marble statue of a wounded

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(originally in the collection of

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, Inv. D19; now in the

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, Inv. MC 0651). The marble statue is one of the three

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References

* Künstlerlexikon der Antike II (2004) 411 s.v. Sosikles (R. Vollkommer). *Hans von Steuben: ''Die Amazone des Polyklet'', in: Polykletforschungen, ed. by Herbert Beck and Dieter Bol, Berlin 1993, pp. 73-102.

External links

The Three Amazons
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AJA Online
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