Bathycles

Greek sculptor

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Flourished:: 6th century bc, Magnesia, Ionia [now in Turkey]

Flourished:: c.600 BCE - c.501 BCE

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Bathycles (flourished 6th century bc, Magnesia, Ionia [now in Turkey]) was an ancient Greek sculptor whose only known work was a marble altar built around an ancient statue of Apollo at Amyclae. This work was commissioned by the Spartans and was described by the 2nd-century-ad Greek chronicler Pausanias as being adorned with mythological reliefs and free-standing supporting figures. Some architectural fragments, but virtually none of the sculptures, have been recovered.

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