Boethus of Chalcedon

{{Short description|Greek sculptor}}

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Boëthus ({{langx|el|Βόηθος}}) was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age. His life dates cannot be accurately fixed, but he probably flourished in the 2nd century BCE.

{{cite book

|publisher=Oxford University Press

|year=1988

|isbn=0-19-860476-9

|title=The Oxford dictionary of art

|first=Ian

|last=Chilvers

|page=85

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYaRX58a0_IC&q=Boethus+greek+sculpture&pg=PA85

}} One source gives his birthplace as Chalcedon.

He was noted for his representations of children, especially for a group representing a boy struggling with a goose, of which several copies survive in museums.{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Boethus |volume=4 |page=116 }} Other works represent a girl playing with dice, and a boy extracting a thorn.{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Boëthus |year=1920}} According to Pliny, he also worked with silver.

{{cite book

|title=Greek sculpture with story and song

|first=Albinia Lucy Cust

|last=Wherry

|publisher=J.M.Dent &Co.

|year=1989

|page=[https://archive.org/details/greeksculpturew00whergoog/page/n297 282]

|url=https://archive.org/details/greeksculpturew00whergoog

|quote=Boethus greek sculpture.

}} Because Boethus was a common name in ancient Greece, specific details of his life are difficult to ascertain.