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Herophon

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Herophon[pronunciation?] (Greek: Ἡροφῶν, [hɛːropʰóːn]) son of Anaxagoras was a Macedonian sculptor of the 2nd and 1st centuries 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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