Argos — Minor Figures
5 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Antiphanes of Argos
sculptor · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 9
- Book 10 · Chapter 9 · with Poseidon “the Argives thinking they had got the best of it in the action sent to Delphi as a votive offering a brazen horse by Antiphanes of Argos”
Cynurus
founder of the Cynurians · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 2
- Book 3 · Chapter 2 · parent: Perseus “they say their founder was Cynurus the son of Perseus.”
Andreas
sculptor · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 16
- Book 6 · Chapter 16 · with Lysippus “his statue is by Andreas the Argive”
- Book 6 · Chapter 16 · with Lysippus “his statue is by Andreas the Argive”
Phido
tyrant · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 22
- Book 6 · Chapter 22 · protégé: Pisus “they invited Phido the Argive, the most haughty of all the Greek tyrants, and made him the patron of the games.”
Phradmon
sculptor · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 8
- Book 6 · Chapter 8 · with Amertus “but the statue of Amertus of Elis, who defeated in wrestling all the men that came to the Pythian games, was by Phradmon the Argive.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.