Bathycles of Magnesia

Bathycles of Magnesia in Wikipedia

Bathycles of Magnesia was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne for the statue of Apollo at Amyclae, about 550 BC. Pausanias (iii.18) gives us a detailed description of this monument, which is of the greatest value to us, showing the character of Ionic art at the time. It was ado...

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Bathycles in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Βαθυκλῆς). A celebrated artist, supposed to have been a native of Magnesia on the Maeander. The period when he flourished has given rise to much discussion. It was probably in the age of Croesus (Pausan. iii. 191)....

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