proper nounPyrgŏtĕlesPYRGOTELES☆ KeepMeaninga sculptor of the time of Alexander the GreatLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879PYRGOTELESLEWIS & SHORTPYRGOTELESPyrgŏtĕles, is, m., = Πυργοτέλης, I. a sculptor of the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 7, 37, 55, § 125; 37, 1, 4, § 8.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyPyrgotelesPyrgoteles (Πυργοτέλης), one of the most celebrated gem-engravers of ancient Greece, lived in the latter half of the fourth century B. C. The esteem i…