Dipœnus
Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 15
In Book 2, Chapter 15, Dipœnus is named with Scyllis as a pupil of Dædalus, and as a sculptor of a statue of Athene. Some say Dædalus was also his father. In Chapter 22, Dipœnus and Scyllis are credited with ebony statues of Anaxis, Mnasinous, Hilaira, and Phœbe.
Later, their pupils include Tectæus and Angelion (Book 2, Chapter 32), Clearchus (Book 3, Chapter 17), and Doryclidas, Theocles, Medon, and Dontas (Book 5, Chapter 17; Book 6, Chapter 19).
Relationship record
Book 2 · Chapter 15
- mentor: Dædalus “There is a temple of Athene there, and a statue of the goddess by Scyllis and Dipœnus, pupils of Dædalus.”
- parent: Dædalus “But some say that Dædalus took a wife from Gortyns, and that Dipœnus and Scyllis were his sons by her.”
- with Athene (Dipœnus made a statue of Athene.) “There is a temple of Athene there, and a statue of the goddess by Scyllis and Dipœnus, pupils of Dædalus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- with Anaxis (Dipœnus made a statue depicting Anaxis.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
- with Mnasinous (Dipœnus made a statue depicting Mnasinous.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
- with Hilaira (Dipœnus made a statue depicting Hilaira.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
- with Phœbe (Dipœnus made a statue depicting Phœbe.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
Book 2 · Chapter 32
- pupil: Tectæus “the wooden statue of the goddess is by Callon of Ægina; who was the pupil of Tectæus and Angelion, who designed the statue of Apollo at Delos; and they were pupils of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
- pupil: Angelion “the wooden statue of the goddess is by Callon of Ægina; who was the pupil of Tectæus and Angelion, who designed the statue of Apollo at Delos; and they were pupils of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
Book 3 · Chapter 17
- pupil: Clearchus (Some accounts identify Dipœnus as Clearchus's teacher.) “who some say was the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis, others say of Dædalus”
Book 5 · Chapter 17
- pupil: Doryclidas “Doryclidas, a Lacedæmonian by race, and the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
- pupil: Theocles “who is also said to have been a pupil of Scyllis and Dipœnus.”
- pupil: Medon (brother of Doryclidas) “and learnt his art also from Scyllis and Dipœnus.”
Book 6 · Chapter 19
- pupil: Dontas “since they were made by the Lacedæmonian Dontas, the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis.”
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