Praxiteles

English thumb|The Aphrodite of Knidos, one of Praxiteles’ most famous sculptures. Etymology en la Prāxitelēs, from en grc Πραξιτέλης Πρᾱξῐτέλης. Pronunciation en /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Praxiteles.wav Southern England Proper noun en Ancient Greece The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century , and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. I X The altar was adorned with the masterly sculptures of Praxiteles, who had, perhaps, selected from the favorite legends of the place the birth of the divine children of Latona, the concealment of Apollo after the slaughter of the Cyclops, and the clemency of Bacchus to the vanquished Amazons. I I Upon its surface of bronze were elaborately wrought, in the still exquisite workmanship of Greece, reliefs of the Olympian games; the two horses that drew the car were of the rarest breed of Parthia; their slender limbs seemed to disdain the ground and court the air, and yet at the slightest touch of the charioteer, who stood behind the young owner of the equipage, they paused motionless, as if suddenly transformed into stone—lifeless, but lifelike, as one of the breathing wonders of Praxiteles. en astronomy A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter. en astronomy A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973. Translations Attic sculptor of the 4th C. BC Latin: la Prāxitelēs m Polish: pl Praksyteles crater on Mercury main-belt asteroid Polish: pl Praxiteles Further reading Praxiteles Praxiteles (sculptor) Praxiteles (crater) 5983 Praxiteles Praxiteles (asteroid) Anagrams en aeeilprstx terapixels en eponyms Latin Etymology From the la grc Πραξιτέλης Πρᾱξῐτέλης. Pronunciation Prāxitelēs Proper noun Prāxitelēs<3> m en Praxiteles a celebrated Greek sculptor Declension Prāxitelēs<3> Related terms la Prāxitelīus Descendants en Praxiteles fr Praxitèle References Praxĭtĕles Praxiteles 1,234/1 Praxĭtĕlēs Further reading la la Individuals