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Kanachos (i)
( fl 6th century BC). Greek sculptor. He was from Sikyon and made statues of bronze, wood, gold and ivory, and marble, becoming one of the most famous sculptors of the early Archaic period (c. 750–475 BC); none of his work has survived. Kanachos is best known for his bronze cult statue of Apollo Philesios, made for the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, in Turkey. The nude figure held a stag in one hand and a bow in the other, and its feet were mechanized to rock back and forth, creating a more realistic effect (Pliny: Natural History XXXIV.lxxv). Pausanias recorded that the Persians took the statue to Ecbatana, thus providing a terminus ad quem of 480 BC for his work (Guide to Greece I.xvi.3). A wooden image of Apollo Ismenios that was similar in appearance to the Apollo Philesios was set up in Thebes (Guide to Greece IX.x.2) Other works included a chryselephantine cult statue of Aphrodite for the city of Sikyon, a group of boys on racehorses and a statue of a Muse that he sculpted with his brother, Aristokles.
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