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PYTHAGORAS , of Rhegium, a noted See also:Greek sculptor of the 5th See also:century B.C., a contemporary of See also:Myron and See also:Polyclitus, and their See also:rival in making statues of athletes . He was See also:born at See also:Samos and migrated in his youth to Rhegium in See also:Italy . He made a statue of See also:Philoctetes notable for the See also:physical expression of See also:pain, an See also:Apollo See also:shooting the See also:Python at See also:Delphi, and a See also:man singing to the See also:lyre . He is said to have introduced improvements in the rendering of muscles, See also:veins and See also:hair . |
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