-
Sicyon (/ˈsɪʃiˌɒn, ˈsɪs-/; Gr****: Σικυών; gen.: Σικυῶνος) or
Sikyōn was an
ancient Gr**** city
state situated in the
northern Peloponnesus between Corinth...
-
Agora of ****enistic
Sikyon. The
following epigram by
Poseidippos was
carved on the statue: Who and
whence was the sculptor? From
Sikyon. And his name? Lysippos...
- 'bearing arms or shield' at Elis Προδρομία (Prodromia), 'running forward' at
Sikyon. Τροπαία (Tropaia), 'giver of victory' Αἰγοφάγος (Aigophágos) 'Goat-Eater'...
- the bull, as in
archaic vase-paintings or the
ruined metope fragment from
Sikyon, or sits
gracefully sidesaddle as in a
mosaic from
North Africa,
there is...
-
became a
characteristic of the
Doric dialects of
Corinth and
neighboring Sikyon, as well as Crete. San
became largely obsolete by the
second half of the...
-
described by
Pausanias for
their altar near Sicyon: "On the
direct road from
Sikyon (Sicyon) to
Phlios (Phlius) ... At a
distance along it, in my opinion, of...
- Collection: "Art
Images for
College Teaching", ID GAS170, title: "Treasury of
Sikyon, Delphi: the
Calydonian Boar,
fragment of a metope". Hard, p. 413; Kerényi...
- most
renowned Apoxyomenos in
classical Antiquity was that of
Lysippos of
Sikyon, the
court sculptor of
Alexander the Great, made ca 330 BCE. The bronze...
-
error of
Pliny the
Elder in
conflating another more
minor sculptor from
Sikyon, a
disciple of Phidias, with
Polykleitos of Argos.
Pausanias is adamant...
- well-reputed
ancient artist producing bronze statues, and
describes Lysistratos of
Sikyon, who
takes plaster casts from
living faces to
create wax
casts using the...
