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 BC. A noted work of his was Eirene (Peace), a somewhat Madonna-like figure bearing the infant 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 have survived.