CALAMIS, an Athenian sculptor of the first half of the sth century B.C. He made statues of Apollo the averter of ill, Hermes the rambearer, Aphrodite and other deities, as well as part of a chariot group for Hiero, king of Syracuse. His works are praised by ancient critics for delicacy and grace. It has been suggested that the bronze charioteer found at Delphi is by Calamis; but the evidence is not conclusive (see GREEK ART).
See H. Stuart Jones, Ancient Writers on Greek Sculpture §