Discophoros , modeled after Naukydes.Naukydes of Argos (4th century BCE) was a Greek sculptor from Argos .
Taught under Polykleitos , he created a statue of gold and ivory of Hebe for the temple of Hera in Argos; also, statues of Hecate , Hermes , of the poet Erinna , and Phrixus . The discobolus of Naukydes was identified by Ennio Quirino Visconti , as mentioned by Pliny.[ 1]
He eventually became teacher to Polykleitos the Younger , son of his old teacher.
References
^ Haskell, Francis; Penny, Nicholas (1981). Taste and the antique: The lure of classical sculpture, 1500-1900 . Yale University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0300026412
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