Naukydes of Argos

Discophoros, modeled after Naukydes.

Naukydes of Argos (4th century BCE) was a Greek sculptor from Argos.

Taught under Polykleitos, he created a statue of gold and ivory of Hebe for the temple of Hera in Argos; also, statues of Hecate, Hermes, of the poet Erinna, and Phrixus. The discobolus of Naukydes was identified by Ennio Quirino Visconti, as mentioned by Pliny.[1]

He eventually became teacher to Polykleitos the Younger, son of his old teacher.

References

  1. ^ Haskell, Francis; Penny, Nicholas (1981). Taste and the antique: The lure of classical sculpture, 1500-1900. Yale University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0300026412.


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