[1539] Pausanias, B. iii., speaks of his statue of Cynisca, a female who was victor at the Olympic games. Indeed, the victors at these games were frequently represented in a posture resembling that of adoration.
[1540] A man “scraping himself,” probably. See Note [1435], page 175. The “Tyrannicides” were Harmodius and Aristogiton.
[1541] Tatian mentions an artist of this name.
[1542] Sillig thinks that this was Seleucus, king of Babylon, B.C. 312.
[1544] Pausanias, B. viii., gives an account of a statue of Diana, made of Pentelican marble, by this Cephisodotus, a native of Athens; he is supposed to have flourished in the 102nd Olympiad. In the commencement of this Chapter, Pliny has enumerated a Cephisodotus among the artists of the 120th Olympiad.—B.
[1545] Bacchus.
[1546] The elder artist of this name. See B. xxxv. c. [34].
[1547] A native of Sicyon; Pausanias, B. v. cc. 17, 21, informs us that Cleon made a statue of Venus and two statues of Jupiter; he also mentions others of his works in B. vi.—B.
[1548] A native of Megara. He made a statue of Diagoras the pugilist, who was victor at the Olympic games, B.C. 464. He is mentioned also by Pausanias.