Career
Taught under Polykleitos, he created a statue of gold and ivory of Hebe for the temple of Hera in Argos. Also, statues of Hecate, Hermes, of the poet Erinna, and Phrixus. The discobolus of Naukydes was identified by Ennio Quirino Visconti, as mentioned by Pliny (Haskell and Penny 1981:200).