or Alcall, or Alkali. See Chemistry, Index.

Alcamenes (Αλκαμένης), a famous Athenian sculptor, a pupil of Phidias, who is celebrated for his skill in art by Cicero, Pliny, Pausanias, Lucian, &c. He appears as one of the great triumvirate of Greek sculptors, Phidias, Alcamenes, and Polycleitus. He competed with his master in a statue of Minerva. It would appear that in this attempt his style was exquisite in finish, but that he failed in the spirit of his work, when compared to that of his mighty master. His statue of Venus Urania, that adorned her temple at Athens, was reckoned his masterpiece. He flourished about 430 years B.C.