Cephisodotus The Elder
Greek sculptor
Cephisodotus the Elder, (flourished c. 400 bc), Greek sculptor, assumed to be the father of Praxiteles. He made certain statues for the city of Megalopolis, founded in 370 bce.
A noted work of his was Eirene (Peace) Bearing Plutus (Wealth), a grouping recalled in Praxiteles’ more-famous Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus. Cephisodotus should not be confused with Cephisodotus the Younger, a son of Praxiteles, noted for portrait sculptures, none of which has survived.
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