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[Polycles] (fl ?mid-2nd century bc). Greek sculptor(s). Although Pliny (Natural History XXXIV.xix.52) listed Polykles among those sculptors who flourished in the 156th Olympiad (156–153 bc), the numerous testimonia show that at least two sculptors of that name were active during the 2nd century bc. Members of a successful dynasty that also attained considerable social prominence, they may be considered the main exponents of the Classical revival in 2nd-century bc Athens (see also Dionysios, Timarchides family and Timokles). Their family tree is controversial, and it is often unclear which sculptor made what. Polykles seems to have been responsible for a Hermaphrodite in bronze, often identified with one preserved in several replicas (the most famous in Paris, Louvre); a Boy Victor in Olympia; a statue at Elateia in Aitolia; and several works in Rome: a Hercules in the Temple of Ops; a marble Jupiter and Juno in their temples within the ...