Sosi'nus
(
*Swsi=nos), of Gortyna, in Crete, an artist or artificer, whose name is known by his sepulchral monument, on which he is designated
χαλκόπγης, a term which has been explained in different ways.
By comparing what little can be gathered respecting the word itself with the basrelief on the monument, Böckh and Raoul-Rochette have come to the conclusion, that the word signifies a maker of bronze shields.
The monument, which is in the Museum of the Louvre, has been engraved by Bouillon (
Mus. des Antiq. vol. iii.
Cippes, 1.3), and the inscription is published by Böckh (
Corp. Inscr. No. 837). (R. Rochette,
Lettre à Schorn, pp. 405, 406, 2d ed.; comp. Welcker,
Sylloge, No. 3, pp. 5-7.)
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