Alcamenes (al-kam' ē-nēz), a famous Athenian sculptor, a pupil of Phidias. He flourished from about 448 to 400 B. C. He is said to have once competed with his master in chiseling a statue of Minerva. Alcamenes's statue was beautiful in finish, but he had forgotten that it was to be placed on a high column; and so placed his work would not bear comparison with that of his great master. His masterpiece was his statue of Venus Urania, in the temple of Venus at Athens.
