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image on emeralds, and
other gems,
outside of
Pyrgoteles. Unfortunately,
every thing else
respecting Pyrgoteles is left to the unknown, due to the neglect...
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commissioning sculptures by Lysippos,
paintings by
Apelles and gem
engravings by
Pyrgoteles.
Ancient authors recorded that
Alexander was so
pleased with portraits...
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Belbina is a
genus of
planthoppers in the
subfamily Enchophorinae (Fulgoridae):
erected by Carl Stål in 1863;
There are some 12
species presently known...
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entourage were
three artists:
Lysippus the sculptor,
Apelles the painter, and
Pyrgoteles the gem
cutter and engraver. The
period after his
death was one of great...
- (1595–1675)
Anthonie Wierix (1552–1624)
Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) Of gems:
Pyrgoteles, Alexander's gem-engraver
Theodorus of Samos, Polycrates' gem-engraver...
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species of
genus Apossoda, A.
togoensis Schmidt, 1911 is now
placed as
Pyrgoteles togoensis (Schmidt, 1911) Aphaeninae:
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted lanternfly)...
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fuscus dayacus Rothschild, 1908
Papilio oitylus Fruhstorfer, 1916
Papilio pyrgoteles Fruhstorfer, 1916
Papilio fuscus f.
lamponiides Strand, 1916
Papilio cinereomaculatus...
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literary sources,
although some gems are signed.
According to Pliny,
Pyrgoteles was the only
artist allowed to
carve gems for the seal
rings of Alexander...
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species of
genus Apossoda, A.
togoensis Schmidt, 1911, is now
placed in
Pyrgoteles: P.
togoensis (Schmidt, 1911) Urban,
Julie M.; Cryan,
Jason R. (2009)...
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Francis Meres in his
Palladis Tamia (1598): "As Lysippus, Praxiteles, and
Pyrgoteles were
excellent engravers, so have we
these engravers: Rogers, Christopher...
