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Theodorus of Samos

6th century BCE · 6th century BCE

Theodorus of Samos was a Greek architect, sculptor and metalworker of the 6th century BCE. Ancient writers credit him, with Rhoecus, with the great temple of Hera on Samos and with pioneering the casting of bronze statues, and Herodotus names him as the maker of the ring of Polycrates. He was also said to have advised on the foundations of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

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