Polyclitus
Polykleitos (Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος, "much-renowned", traditionally Latinized Polycletus) is a Greek male forename.
It is also transliterated Polycleitus; and due to iotacism in the transition from Ancient to Modern Greek, Polyklitos or Polyclitus. Polykleitos and its variants can refer to:
People
- Polykleitos of Argos - Ancient Greek sculptor, creator of the Canon, also called Polykleitos the Elder to distinguish him from his son, below
- Polykleitos the Younger - his son, and Ancient Greek architect
- Polykleitos of Sicyon - another Greek sculptor sometimes conflated with Polykleitos the Elder
- Polyclitus (freedman) - freedman of the Roman emperor Nero
Places
- Odos Polykleitou - lit. "The Street of Polykleitos"; Polykleitos Street in modern Athens, named for Polykleitos the Elder, above
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