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TIIEOCOSMUS AND 7HRASYMEDES.
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to Pheidias himself. Colotes also made a statue of Asklepios for
Cyllene on the coast of Elis, which Strabo calls davfiaarw IBslv
(wonderful to behold) ; some statues of Pliilosoplicrs ; and a table of
gold and ivory, which stood in front of the image of Zeus at Olympia,
and on which the crowns of the victors were laid.
Theocosmus of Megara
is said to have been assisted by Pheidias in the execution of a statue
of Zeus on a throne, in the Olympieion at Megara, the completion of
which was prevented by the breaking out of the Peloponncsian war.
On this account ' only the face was of ivory and gold, and the rest
of the figure of clay and gyps.'1 Above the head of Zeus were, the
Horce and Mccro? (Fates), because he alone can control the Fates, and
duly regulate the Seasons.
Thrasvmedes of Paros,
son of Arignotus of Paros, is said to have made a chryselephantine
image of Asklepios for Epidaurus, half the size of the Olympian Zeus of
Pheidias. We have a representation of this sod on a
1 to I'10. 79.
coin of Epidaurus (fig. 79), in which, as in the de-
scription of the figure by Pausanias,2 Asklepios has
a staffor sceptre in one hand, and holds the other
over the head of a serpent ; under the throne on
which he sits lies a dog.3 The throne itself, like
that of the Olympian Zeus, was ornamented with COIN °* epidaurus.
reliefs, representing the Exploits of the Argives—Bellerophon and the
Chinmra, and Perseus bearing away the head of Medusa. We are
justified in reckoning him among the pupils of Pheidias because this
work is attributed to the great master himself.4
1 Tausan. i. 40. 4: utjXoC t« tc-rt koI Pausan. ii. 27. 2.
ytyov. ' Athenayoras, Leg. pr. Chr. 14, p. 61
* ii. 27. 2. (ed. Dechair). lirunn, K&Hltitt-Getckichte.
» Overtook, &»//. </. Plasiii.-, \. 250. i. 245.
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209
to Pheidias himself. Colotes also made a statue of Asklepios for
Cyllene on the coast of Elis, which Strabo calls davfiaarw IBslv
(wonderful to behold) ; some statues of Pliilosoplicrs ; and a table of
gold and ivory, which stood in front of the image of Zeus at Olympia,
and on which the crowns of the victors were laid.
Theocosmus of Megara
is said to have been assisted by Pheidias in the execution of a statue
of Zeus on a throne, in the Olympieion at Megara, the completion of
which was prevented by the breaking out of the Peloponncsian war.
On this account ' only the face was of ivory and gold, and the rest
of the figure of clay and gyps.'1 Above the head of Zeus were, the
Horce and Mccro? (Fates), because he alone can control the Fates, and
duly regulate the Seasons.
Thrasvmedes of Paros,
son of Arignotus of Paros, is said to have made a chryselephantine
image of Asklepios for Epidaurus, half the size of the Olympian Zeus of
Pheidias. We have a representation of this sod on a
1 to I'10. 79.
coin of Epidaurus (fig. 79), in which, as in the de-
scription of the figure by Pausanias,2 Asklepios has
a staffor sceptre in one hand, and holds the other
over the head of a serpent ; under the throne on
which he sits lies a dog.3 The throne itself, like
that of the Olympian Zeus, was ornamented with COIN °* epidaurus.
reliefs, representing the Exploits of the Argives—Bellerophon and the
Chinmra, and Perseus bearing away the head of Medusa. We are
justified in reckoning him among the pupils of Pheidias because this
work is attributed to the great master himself.4
1 Tausan. i. 40. 4: utjXoC t« tc-rt koI Pausan. ii. 27. 2.
ytyov. ' Athenayoras, Leg. pr. Chr. 14, p. 61
* ii. 27. 2. (ed. Dechair). lirunn, K&Hltitt-Getckichte.
» Overtook, &»//. </. Plasiii.-, \. 250. i. 245.
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