lysippus (greek: λυσίππος, lysíppos; c. 395 – c. 305 bc) was a greek sculptor from sicyon, the son of lysistratus and grandson of the sculptor botheas. he was the most celebrated of the ancient greek sculptors of the fourth century bc, and was said to have made over 1500 statues, of which many survive in roman copies. he was the teacher of chares of lindos and of harmodius and athenodorus of chios. he was the first to represent the nude body in motion, and was the first to attain a high degree of naturalism in the rendering of the human form. he was also the first to introduce the contrappost…