Ἀλκαμένης

Alkamenes, Alcamenes

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

5 words

A proper name.
The Lemnian.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀλκαμένης· ὄνομα κύριον. ὁ Λήμνιος.

Betacode

*)alkame/nhs: o)/noma ku/rion. o( *lh/mnios.

A sculptor, Lemnian or Athenian (the confusion arises because Lemnos was an Athenian overseas possession), of the second half of the C5 BC; pupil of phi 246. See OCD(4) s.v. (pp.50-1).