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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 967 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALAMIS , an Athenian sculptor of the first See also:

half of the 5th See also:century B.C. He made statues of See also:Apollo the averter of See also:ill, See also:Hermes the See also:ram-See also:bearer, See also:Aphrodite and other deities, as well as See also:part of a See also:chariot See also:group for See also:Hiero, See also:king of See also:Syracuse. His See also:works are praised by See also:ancient critics for delicacy and See also:grace, as opposed to breadth and force. Archaeologists are disposed to regard the See also:bronze charioteer recently found at See also:Delphi as a See also:work of Calamis; but the See also:evidence is not conclusive (see See also:GREEK See also:ART).

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