Polyclitus

Polykleitos (Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος, "much-renowned", traditionally Latinized Polycletus) is a Greek male forename.

It is also transliterated Polycleitus; and due to iotacism in the transition from Ancient to Modern Greek, Polyklitos or Polyclitus. Polykleitos and its variants can refer to:

People

• Polykleitos of Argos - Ancient Greek sculptor, also called Polykleitos the Elder to distinguish him from his son, below
  • Polykleitos the Younger - his son, and Ancient Greek architect
• Polykleitos of Sicyon - another Greek sculptor sometimes conflated with Polykleitos the Elder
• Polyclitus (freedman) - freedman of the Roman emperor Nero

Places

• Odos Polykleitou - lit. "The Street of Polykleitos"; Polykleitos Street in modern Athens, named for Polykleitos the Elder, above