Herophon

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• Herophon (Greek: Ἡροφῶν) son of Anaxagoras was a Macedonian sculptor of 2th-1th c. BC.He is known from an inscription in Olympia,where he created a sculpture of Zeus for Eleans and other Greeks honouring Rome.

• Herophon was also an envoy of Perseus of Macedon,sent to Eumenes II of Pergamon.

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• Elis-Olympia-Epigraphical Database
• The Annals of the World [1]by James Ussher