Menecrates (sculptor)
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Menecrates was an ancient Greek
sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century BC. Little is known about him except that, according to Pliny the Elder
, he was the teacher of Apollonius of Tralles
and Tauriscus, the sculptors (also according to Pliny) of the Farnese Bull
.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century BC. Little is known about him except that, according to Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
, he was the teacher of Apollonius of Tralles
Apollonius of Tralles
Apollonius of Tralles was a Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull....
and Tauriscus, the sculptors (also according to Pliny) of the Farnese Bull
Farnese Bull
The Farnese Bull, formerly in the Farnese collection, Rome, is a massive Hellenistic sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus. We know this thanks to the writings of Pliny the Elder. He tells us it was commissioned at the end of the 2nd century BC...
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