Praxiteles

[ prak-sit-l-eez ]

noun

1. flourished c350 b.c., Greek sculptor.

Praxiteles

/ prækˈsɪtɪˌliːz /

noun

1. Praxiteles4th-century bc4th-century bcMGreekARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor 4th-century bc Greek sculptor: his works include statues of Hermes at Olympia, which survives, and of Aphrodite at Cnidus

Other Words From

• Prax·ite·lean adjective

Example Sentences

She made headlines again when, on a visit to the British Museum’s collection of antiquities, she identified a crumbling marble head stashed in its basement as being a remnant of Praxiteles’ lost statue of Aphrodite.

From New York Times

He knows about Praxiteles and Benny Goodman, about Winston Churchill’s speeches and video games.

From The Guardian

Inscribed on its sandstone facade are the names of great artists in the European tradition: Praxiteles, Giotto, Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens and Gainsborough.

From New York Times

Ph.D. candidates in informatics have worked on a computer program that allows this museum’s visitors to try to reconstruct Praxiteles’ statue of the Resting Satyr, now armless and legless.

From New York Times

This nude, by the Greek master Praxiteles, was initially rejected by the people who commissioned it because of its provocative nakedness: the community of Knidos bought it and it became a popular tourist attraction.

From The Guardian