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[[File:MeleagerNAMA Skopas BM GR1906.1-17.1Hygie.jpg|thumb|upight|Roman marble [[MeleagerHead of Skopas|headthe ofgoddess Meleager[[Hygieia]], afterby Scopas, onfrom athe restoredtemple bustof [[Athena Alea]] at [[Tegea]] ([[BritishNational Archaeological Museum, Athens|National Archaeological Museum of Athens]]).]]

'''Scopas''' or '''Skopas''' ([[Ancient{{lang-grc-gre|Σκόπας}}; Greekborn language|Ancientin Greek[[Paros]]: Σκόπας), (cfl. 395 BC –4th 350century BCBCE) was an [[Ancient Greece|Ancientancient Greek]] [[sculpture|sculptor]] and [[architect]],<ref>''The New Century Classical Handbook''; Catherine Avery, editor; Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1962, p. 990: "'''Scopas'''...Greek sculptor and architect; born in the island of Paros; fl. 4th century B.C."</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Scopas | title=Scopas &#124; Greek sculptor &#124; Britannica }}</ref> most famous for his [[Meleager of Skopas|statue of Meleager]], the copper statue of "[[Aphrodite"]], and the head of goddess [[Hygieia]], daughter of [[Asclepius]].

Scopas was born on the island of [[Paros]]. His father was the sculptor Aristandros[[Aristander of Paros]].<ref name="Paros Vacations">{{cite web | url=http://paros-vacations.com/en/paros/skopas.html | title=Skopas the Parian | accessdate=May 22, 2014 | deadurlurl-status=yesdead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161145/http://paros-vacations.com/en/paros/skopas.html | archivedate=May 22, 2014 | df= }}</ref> Skopas left Paros at an early age and travelled throughout the Hellenic world.

Works by Scopas are preserved in the [[British Museum]] (reliefs) in London; fragments from the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in the [[National Archaeological Museum of Athens]]; the celebrated [[Ludovisi Ares]] in the [[Palazzo Altemps]], Rome; a statue of [[Pothos (mythology)|Pothos]] restored as [[Apollo Citharoedus]] in the [[Capitoline Museum]], Rome; and his statue of Meleager, unmentioned in ancient literature but surviving in numerous replicas, perhaps best represented by a torso in the [[Fogg Art Museum]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].