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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 15 15 Browse Search
Pindar, Odes (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien) 5 5 Browse Search
Diodorus Siculus, Library 2 2 Browse Search
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2 2 Browse Search
Strabo, Geography 2 2 Browse Search
Bacchylides, Odes (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien) 1 1 Browse Search
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Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.), BOOK XXXVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES., CHAP. 4. (4.)—THE FIRST ARTISTS WHO EXCELLED IN THE SCULPTURE OF MARBLE, AND THE VARIOUS PERIODS AT WHICH THEY FLOURISHED. THE MAUSOLEUM IN CARIA. THE MOST CELEBRATED SCULPTORS AND WORKS IN MARBLE, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE IN NUMBER. (search)
rson, probably, from the painter, mentioned in B. xxxv. c. 40. of Rhodes, placed in the Temple of that God; a Latona and Diana also; the Nine Muses; and another Apollo, without drapery. The Apollo holding the Lyre, in the same temple, was executed by Timarchides.See B. xxxiv. c. 19. In the Temple of Juno, within the Porticos of Octavia, there is a figure of that goddess, executed by Dionysius,Supposed by Sillig not to be the early statuary of Argos of that name, who flourished, probably, B.C. 476. and another by Polycles,See B. xxxiv. c. 19. as also other statues by Praxiteles."Pasiteles" would appear to be a preferable reading; for Pliny would surely have devoted more space to a description of these works of Praxiteles. This Polycles, too, in conjunction with Dionysius,The same artist that is previously mentioned, Sillig thinks. the son of Timarchides, made the statue of Jupiter, which is to be seen in the adjoining temple.Of Jupiter. The figures of Pan and Olympus Wrestling, in the