Pythagoras, Sculptor
PYTHAGORAS, SCULPTOR, of Rhegium, a noted Greek sculptor of the 5th century B.C., a contemporary of Myron and Polyclitus, and their rival in making statues of athletes. He was born at Samos and migrated in his youth to Rhegium in Italy. He made a statue of Philoctetes notable for the physical expression of pain, an Apollo shooting the Python at Delphi, and a man singing to the lyre. He is said to have introduced improvements in the rendering of muscles, veins and hair.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
