Praxiteles Facts for Kids

Venus Braschi, a Roman variant of the Knidian Aphrodite, Munich Glyptothek

Praxiteles was the most famous of the sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived. Several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works. Coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist. His works include Hermes and the Infant Dionysus.

Ancient Greece: Arts and Culture

Sculpture	Artemision Zeus • Charioteer of Delphi • Colossus of Rhodes • Elgin Marbles • Hellenistic art • Hermes and the Infant Dionysos • Phidias • Praxiteles • Riace Warriors • Statue of Zeus at Olympia • Venus de Milo • Winged Victory of Samothrace •

Painting and pottery	Carpenter Painter • Epiktetos • Kleophrades Painter • Kottabos (Kleophrades Painter) • Singing Reveler (Epiktetos) •

Sports and Games	Boxing • Gymnasium • Heraia • Kleomedes of Astypalia • Kottabos • Milo of Croton • Olympic Games • Palaestra • Pankration • Theogenes • Wrestling •

Architecture	Acropolis of Athens • Corinthian order • Doric order • Palaestra at Olympia • Parthenon • Temple of Artemis • Temple of Hera at Olympia • Temple of Zeus at Olympia •

Theater	Aeschylus • Aristophanes • Comedy • Euripides • Greek chorus • Satyr play • Sophocles • Theatre of ancient Greece • Tragedy •

Literature	Aesop • Apollonius of Rhodes • Argonautica • Epic poem • Hesiod • Homer • Iliad • Ode • Odyssey • Pindar • Sappho • Theogony

Places	Athens • Corinth • Delphi • Macedonia • Mount Parnassus • Olympia • Sparta • Thebes

People	Alcibiades • Aristotle • Galen • Herodotus • Hippocrates • Pausanias (geographer) • Pericles • Plato • Plutarch • Socrates • Xenophon

Miscellanea	City-state • Democracy • Greek homosexuality • Greek mythology • Labors of Herakles • Oracle of Delphi • Satyr •

Images for kids

Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles, Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Medaillon representing Praxiteles

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