Rhoecus

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Rhoecus

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{{Short description|Samian sculptor}}
{{Short description|Samian sculptor}}
{{for|the mythological figure|Rhoecus of Cnidus}}
{{for|the mythological figure|Rhoecus of Cnidus}}
'''Rhoecus''' (or '''Rhaecus''', '''Rhœcus''', '''Rhæcus''', '''Rhoikos''') ({{langx|grc|Ῥοῖκός}}) was a Greek [[Samos Island|Samian]] sculptor of the 6th century BCE. He and his son [[Theodorus of Samos|Theodorus]] were especially noted for their work in [[bronze]]. [[Herodotus]] says that Rhoecus built the temple of [[Hera]] at Samos, which was destroyed by fire c. 530 BCE. In the temple of [[Artemis]] at [[Ephesus]] was a [[marble]] figure of night by Rhoecus. His name has been found on a fragment of a vase which he dedicated to [[Aphrodite]] at [[Naucratis]]. His sons Theodorus and Telecles made a statue of the [[Pythian Apollo]] for the Samians.
'''Rhoecus''' (or '''Rhaecus''', '''Rhœcus''', '''Rhæcus''', '''Rhoikos''') ({{langx|grc|Ῥοῖκός}}) was a Greek [[Samos Island|Samian]] sculptor of the 6th century BCE. He and his son [[Theodorus of Samos|Theodorus]] were especially noted for their work in [[bronze]]. [[Herodotus]] says that Rhoecus built the temple of [[Hera]] at Samos, which was destroyed by fire c. 530 BCE. In the temple of [[Artemis]] at [[Ephesus]] was a [[marble]] figure of Night ([[Nyx]]) by Rhoecus. His name has been found on a fragment of a vase which he dedicated to [[Aphrodite]] at [[Naucratis]]. His sons Theodorus and Telecles made a statue of the [[Pythian Apollo]] for the Samians.


Rhoecus was also the name of a [[centaur]], who together with another centaur called Hylaeus, tried to rape [[Atalanta]], but she killed them both.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.9.2 Apollodorus, Library, §3.9.2][https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg017.perseus-grc1 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, §206]
Rhoecus was also the name of a [[centaur]], who together with another centaur called Hylaeus, tried to rape [[Atalanta]], but she killed them both.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.9.2 Apollodorus, Library, §3.9.2][https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg017.perseus-grc1 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, §206]
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