Lysippe, a daughter of Prœtus. See: [Prœtides].——A daughter of Thespius.
Lysippus, a famous statuary of Sicyon. He was originally a whitesmith, and afterwards applied himself to painting, till his talents and inclination taught him that he was born to excel in sculpture. He flourished about 325 years before the christian era, in the age of Alexander the Great. The monarch was so partial to the artist, that he forbade any sculptor but Lysippus to make his statue. Lysippus excelled in expressing the hair, and he was the first who made the head of his statues less large, and the body smaller than usual, that they might appear taller. This was observed by one of his friends, and the artist gave for answer, that his predecessors had represented men in their natural form, but that he represented them such as they appeared. Lysippus made no less than 600 statues, the most admired of which were those of Alexander; one of Apollo of Tarentum 40 cubits high; one of a man coming out of a bath, with which Agrippa adorned his baths; one of Socrates; and those of the 25 horsemen who were drowned in the Granicus. These were so valued, that in the age of Augustus, they were bought for their weight in gold. Plutarch, Alexander.—Cicero, Brutus, ch. 164; Rhetorica ad Herennium, bk. 4, ch. 148.—Pliny, bk. 37, ch. 7.—Paterculus, bk. 1, ch. 11.—Horace, bk. 2, ltr. 1, li. 240.——A comic poet, some of whose plays are mentioned by Athenæus. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 37.——A general of the Achæan league.
Lysis, a Pythagorean philosopher, preceptor to Epaminondas. He flourished about 388 years before the christian era. He is supposed by some to be the author of the golden verses which are attributed to Pythagoras. Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas, ch. 2.
Lysistrătus, an Athenian parasite.——A brother of Lysippus. He was the first artist who ever made a statue with wax. Pliny, bk. 34, ch. 8; bk. 35, ch. 12.
Lysithous, a son of Priam. Apollodorus.
Lyso, a friend of Cicero, &c. Cicero, bk. 13, Letters to his Friends, ltr. 19,
Lystra, a town of Lycaonia.
Lytæa, a daughter of Hyacinthus, put to death by the Athenians. Apollodorus.
Lyzanias, a king of Chalcis, &c.