Boethus was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age, a native of Chalcedon. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία This article focuses on the cultural aspects of the Hellenistic age for the historical aspects see Hellenistic period. For the Ecumenical Council of 451 see Council of Chalcedon; For the religious/political organization see Chalcedon Foundation. His date cannot be accurately fixed, but was probably the 2nd century B. C. He was noted for his representations of children, in dealing with whom earlier Greek art had not been very successful; and especially for a group representing a boy struggling with a goose, of which several copies survive in museums. Goose (plural geese) is the English name for a considerable number of Birds belonging to the family Anatidae. He also worked with silver. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen
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