alcamenes's

Updated: May 5, 2025

But here is a point: suppose one of them is gold, and heavy at that, but not finely finished, quite amateurish and ill proportioned, in fact is he to take precedence of Myron's and Polyclitus's bronze, or Phidias's and Alcamenes's marble? or is workmanship to count most? Zeus. It should by rights. Never mind, put the gold first. Herm.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

You have seen the Cnidian Aphrodite, anyhow; now I want to know whether you have also seen our own Aphrodite of the Gardens, the Alcamenes. Poly. I must be a dullard of dullards, if that most exquisite of Alcamenes's works had escaped my notice. Ly. Poly. Frequently. Ly. That is really enough for my purpose. But I should just like to know what you consider to be Phidias's best work. Poly.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03