Lysippus
Family: Sicyon · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 43
In Book 1, Chapter 43, Lysippus made the Muses and a bronze Zeus for a neighbouring temple. By Book 2, Chapter 9, he was associated with a bronze Hercules and with Clisthenes. In Book 6, his works included statues of Troilus, Xenarches, Polydamas, Pythes, and Callicrates; Eutychides was identified as his pupil.
In Book 9, Lysippus made a bronze Eros for the Thespians and a statue of Dionysus.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 43
- with Zeus (Lysippus made the brazen Zeus.) “And in the neighbouring temple Lysippus has made the Muses and a brazen Zeus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 9
- with Zeus (Lysippus made the statue of Zeus) “there is a Zeus in brass, the work of Lysippus”
- with Hercules (Lysippus made the statue of Hercules) “There is also a Hercules in brass, by Sicyonian Lysippus”
- with Clisthenes (No relationship between Clisthenes and Lysippus is stated; this edge is not supported and should be excluded.) “There is also a Hercules in brass, by Sicyonian Lysippus.”
- with Hercules (Lysippus created the bronze statue of Hercules.) “There is also a Hercules in brass, by Sicyonian Lysippus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 20
- with Zeus (Lysippus designed the statue of Nemean Zeus.) “in it a brazen statue of the god erect, the design of Lysippus”
Book 6 · Chapter 1
- with Troilus (Lysippus made Troilus's statue) “His statue was by Lysippus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 2
- pupil: Eutychides “Timosthenes’ was by Eutychides of Sicyon, a pupil of Lysippus.”
- with Xenarches (Lysippus made Xenarches's statue.) “And the statue of the pancratiast next is by Lysippus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 4
- with Chilon of Patræ (Lysippus made Chilon's effigy.) “if one conjectures from the age of Lysippus, who made the effigy”
Book 6 · Chapter 5
- with Polydamas (Lysippus sculpted Polydamas's statue.) “The statue which stands on a lofty pedestal is by Lysippus. It is the statue of Polydamas, the son of Nicias, the largest man of our times.”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- with Pythes (Lysippus made Pythes's statues.) “And the two statues of Pythes, the son of Andromachus, an Abderite, were made by Lysippus,”
Book 6 · Chapter 16
- with Andreas (Andreas made Lysippus's statue.) “his statue is by Andreas the Argive”
- with Andreas (Andreas made Lysippus's statue.) “his statue is by Andreas the Argive”
Book 6 · Chapter 17
- with Callicrates (Lysippus sculpted the statue of Callicrates.) “His statue is by Lysippus.”
Book 9 · Chapter 27
- with Eros (interaction) “Lysippus afterwards made a brazen statue of Eros for the Thespians”
Book 9 · Chapter 30
- with Dionysus (Lysippus made a statue of Dionysus.) “and a Dionysus by Lysippus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.