Scopas (Ancient Greek:Σκόπας; born inParos, fl. 4th century BC) was anancient Greek sculptor and architect,[1][2] most famous for hisstatue of Meleager, the copper statue ofAphrodite, and the head of goddessHygieia, daughter ofAsclepius.
Scopas was born on the island ofParos. His father was the sculptorAristander of Paros.[3] Skopas left Paros at an early age and travelled throughout the Hellenic world.
Scopas worked withPraxiteles, and he sculpted parts of theMausoleum of Halicarnassus, especially thereliefs. He led the building of the new temple ofAthena Alea atTegea. Similar toLysippus, Scopas is artistically a successor of theClassical Greek sculptorPolykleitos. The faces of the heads are almost inquadrat. The deeply sunken eyes and a slightly opened mouth are recognizable characteristics in the figures of Scopas.
Works by Scopas are preserved in theBritish Museum (reliefs) in London; fragments from the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in theNational Archaeological Museum of Athens; the celebratedLudovisi Ares in thePalazzo Altemps, Rome; a statue ofPothos restored asApollo Citharoedus in theCapitoline Museum, Rome; and his statue of Meleager, unmentioned in ancient literature but surviving in numerous replicas, perhaps best represented by a torso in theFogg Art Museum,Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Pothos, orDesire, was a celebrated and much imitated statue by Scopas. Roman copies featured the human figure with a variety of props, such as musical instruments and fabrics as depicted here,[4] in an example that was in the collection ofCardinal Alessandro Albani.
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