Chares of Lindos
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Chares of Lindos (/ˈkɛəriːz/; Greek: Χάρης ὁ Λίνδιος, gen.: Χάρητος; before 305 BC – c.280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. He was a pupil of Lysippos.[1] Chares constructed the Colossus of Rhodes in 282 BC, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and the patron god of Rhodes.[2] The statue was built to commemorate Rhodes' victory over the invading Macedonians in 305 BC, led by Demetrius I, son of Antigonus, a general under Alexander the Great. Also attributed to Chares was a colossal head which was brought to Rome and dedicated by P. Lentulus Spinther on the Capitoline Hill, in 57 BC (Pliny, Natural History XXXIV.18).[3]
Chares of Lindos | |
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Born | before 305 BC |
Died | c. 280 BC Rhodes, Greece |
Occupation | sculptor |
Years active | ?-c.280 BC |
Notable work | Colossus of Rhodes |
The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,[4] and was considered Chares's greatest accomplishment, until its destruction in an earthquake in 226 BC.[5]
[6] The work may have been completed by Laches, also an inhabitant of Lindos.[7][8]