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CALAMIS

Volume 6 · 50 words · 1860 Edition

a celebrated Greek sculptor, who flourished about 500 B.C. He was a contemporary of Phidias. He wrought in marble, in bronze, and in gold and ivory. Pliny speaks of his horses as being unrivalled. He is noticed by Cicero and Quintilian, and many of his works are mentioned in Pausanias.