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Alcameaes, a Greek sculptor, flourished in the latter half of the 5th century B. C. He was the most famous pupil of Phidias, and is said to have unsuccessfully competed with him in a statue of Minerva. His masterpiece was a statue of Venus, now lost.
 
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