praxiteles in English
noun
1
( mid 4th century bc ) , Athenian sculptor. Only one of his works, Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus , survives. He is also noted for a statue of Aphrodite, of which there are only Roman copies.
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1. The idea that these people could have designed the Parthenon or carved the sculptures of Praxiteles is laughable.
2. Her most celebrated statue in ancient times was that by Praxiteles at Cnidus, on the coast of Asia Minor.