Cephisodotus was the name of two ancient Greek sculptors, the father and the son of the sculptor Praxiteles. The former must have flourished about 400 BC - c. 360 BC. A noted work of his was Peace bearing the infant Wealth (see Eirene, Plutus), of which a copy exists at Munich. Peace is a Madonna-like figure of a somewhat conservative type; the child Wealth is less successful. A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus, was the greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC, who has left an imperishable mark on the history of art. ... In Greek mythology, the Horae (hours) were the three goddesses controlling orderly life. ... In Greek mythology, Plutus (wealth) was a son of Demeter and Iasion and was the personification of wealth. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Cephisodotus also made, like his son, a figure of Hermes carrying the child Dionysus, unless indeed ancient critics have made two works of one. He made certain statues for the city of Megalopolis, founded around 370 BC. Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles Hermes (Greek IPA ), in Greek mythology, is the god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators, literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general, of liars, and of... Bacchus by Caravaggio Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. ... Ancient Megalopolis, or now Megalópoli (Μεγαλοπολη) is a town in the western part of the prefecture of Arcadia. ...

Of the work of the younger Cephisodotus, his grandson, we have no remains; he was a prolific sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century BC, especially noted for portraits, of Menander, of the orator Lycurgus, and others. (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. ... For the Indo-Greek king (160–135 BC) see Menander the Just. ... In Ancient Greece and/or Greek mythology, the name Lycurgus/Lykurgus can refer to: An alternate name for Lycomedes. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.