"Polycletus is, after Phidias, the most respected name in the history of . In the idea of beauty and diligence he is placed before anyone else by Quintilian and Strabo. Measuring his talent with that of Phidias, he did not dare compete with him in the most sublime character: he occupied himself with forming youthful simulacrums. Some among Quintilian believed that under his men grew in beauty; but the Gods diminished. (Luigi Antonio Lanzi)"
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