Praxiteles

[ prak-sit-l-eez ]

/ prækˈsɪt lˌiz /

flourished c350 b.c., Greek sculptor.

OTHER WORDS FROM Praxiteles

Prax·it·e·le·an, adjective

We may take as an example what was perhaps the most famous statue of antiquity, the Aphrodite by Praxiteles at Cnidus.

Religion and Art in Ancient Greece |Ernest Arthur Gardner
Of the purely human form, nothing greater than the work of Praxiteles and Raphael can be pictured on our brains.

Art Principles |Ernest Govett
In one of these monuments was the famous Satyr of Praxiteles.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
And the straight line of the nose, not too thin, yet fine enough for the rapture of a Praxiteles.

Within the Law |Marvin Dana

Dreams of a pair of blue eyes in the face of a Greek goddess, with limbs that Praxiteles never surpassed.

Colorado Jim |George Goodchild

Praxiteles

/ (prækˈsɪtɪˌliːz) /

4th-century bc Greek sculptor: his works include statues of Hermes at Olympia, which survives, and of Aphrodite at Cnidus