Alypus
Alypus was a sculptor of ancient Greece, a native of Sicyon. He studied under Naucydes of Argos. His age may be fixed from his having executed bronze statues of some Spartans who shared in the victory of Lysander at Aegospotami around 405 BC. Pausanias also mentions some statues of victors of the Ancient Olympic Games made by him.
Alypus
- Born
- Alypus was born on 1 January 500 BC. · Sicyon.
- Died
- Alypus died on 1 January 400 BC.
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Known for
- Symmachos statue at Olympia · Neolaidas statue at Olympia · Archedamos statue at Olympia · Euthymenes statue at Olympia
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Alypus was a sculptor of ancient Greece, a native of Sicyon. He studied under Naucydes of Argos. His age may be fixed from his having executed bronze statues of some Spartans who shared in the victory of Lysander at Aegospotami around 405 BC. Pausanias also mentions some statues of victors of the Ancient Olympic Games made by him.
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- 1.Pausanias, Description of Greece vi. 1. § 2, x. 9. § 4, vi. 1. § 2, 8. § 3
- 2.Mason, Charles Peter. Alypus. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Little, Brown and Company. 1. 135. 1867.
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